2015 Fattoria dei Barbi Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (48) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  3/4/2024 - Lydiksen74 wrote: 93 Points

  Drank with T-bone and Tomahawks. Still young but 6 hours in the decanter helped a lot.

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  3/4/2024 - rjfix Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Amazingly still with a lot of Yanina, structured

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  12/1/2023 - matlee89 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Easy drinking. Medium finish. Still tannic so give it a splash decant. Fruit receding. Rustic style.

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  11/28/2023 - peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Lovely mid weight Brunello.
  Great fruit, savoury notes and mild acidity.
  A super wine!

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  9/16/2023 - kjwilli Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Decanted for 2 hrs, drank over the subsequent 3 hrs. Bright garnet red with orange rim. A bit closed on the nose for awhile but typical dusty red berry aroma comes through. Palate flavors are similar with expressive juicy fruit, well integrated (light) tannins, and good acidity - all presenting a nicely balanced wine. Not long in mid-palate weight to the finish unfortunately. A lighter elegant body overall in fact. I don't see much improvement happening over time. I believe this is ready to go and further cellaring won't change much. Enjoyable, clean and pure to form Brunello. I expected more, both for the vintage, and the $70 I paid. I suggest pop 'em open.
  
  For some comparison, had the 2020 Siro Pacenti Rosso di Montalcino before this which had similar fruit components but heavier tannins (I believe oak dominated), and the 2017 Bindella Vino Nobile which held its own quite well. Both at half the price of the Barbi.

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