2012 Le Ragnaie Brunello di Montalcino Ragnaie V.V.

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  11/1/2023 - SundevilDC Likes this wine: 96 Points

  So I have to disagree with the prevailing sentiment here - this was an excellent bottle of Brunello. From magnum - incredibly tannic when opened, but with lots of fruit and acidity to support it. Decanted 3 hours and drank over the following two. After a decant this was beautifully balanced. Brick red, concentrated, and full bodied. Dark cherry and raspberries lead, followed by cedar, tobacco, leather.
  
  I must stress that this is not a PnP bottle. It needs some time in the decanter, but it's drinking beautifully right now. The fruit, acid, and tannins would lead me to believe this can cruise in the cellar for a while, but I have one more magnum of this, and I'll likely be opening it in the next year or two - with high expectations.

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  11/8/2022 - Staufer wrote: 86 Points

  I agree pretty much with tasting note from RobMCL920 … nose is nice ; but end with aggressive tannins not very nice and don’t think it has improved over the past 2 years
  Not what I expected after delicious 2010

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  4/18/2022 - Kevvv wrote:

  The wine looks ruby colored with slight purple to it. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like prune, stoniness, petrol, mineral, cedar, vanilla, black pepper, leesy and black currant (cassis). It tastes like strawberry, raspberry, black pepper, cinnamon, petrol and mineral. The body is full. The wine has angular texture, can lean down for another 5~10 years. The wine finishes long. The wine has 4 acidity, 4 tannin.

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  12/24/2020 - Castello della Gatta Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Full bodied savory Brunello! Gorgeous!

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  10/23/2020 - Robmcl920 wrote: 88 Points

  On the nose, I found dried dark red to black cherry fruit, sweet spices, and fresh herbs. On the palate, the wine was more powerful than elegant, with dried plum, thyme, and sweet spice leading into drying, aggressive tannin toward the back end. It’s hard to see this maturing into anything particularly exciting.

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