1975 Fattoria dei Barbi Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  10/19/2021 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Bottled in a 0,72-liter bottle. 12,8% alcohol. Tasted in Barbi Brunello 2010-1968 vertical.
  
  Pale, luminous copper color with a light yellow-orange rim. Strikingly gueuze-like, bretty nose with aromas of leathery funk, some bruised apple tones, a little bit of smoky phenolic character, light earthy nuances, a hint of crunchy cranberry and a touch of barnyard. Although the nose is quite brett-dominant, it really doesn't feel unpleasant, but instead surprisingly fascinating. The wine is silky, dry and evolved on the palate with a medium body and complex, savory flavors of leather, meaty umami, some crunchy cranberry tones, a little bit of salty beef jerky, light sour cherry notes, a hint of ferrous blood and a slightly bitter touch of phenolic spice. The high acidity takes care of most of the structure, as the fine-grained, textural tannins have lost most of the grip. The finish is lively, long and gently grippy with flavors of crunchy cranberry, some ferrous notes of blood, light lambic-like notes of bretty leather and phenolic spice, light tertiary notes of salt-cured beef, a hint of smoke and a touch of barnyard.
  
  An old, savory and surprisingly funky Brunello that is very unlike any other Barbi Brunello we tasted in our vertical; while many older vintages have started to develop tertiary flavors of leather and tobacco, this wine was very funky and obviously bretty with a strong lambic-like overall aroma and showed those distinctive, aromatic new leather notes typical of brett. However, despite its obviously bretty overall character, the wine didn't feel excessively funky, just pleasantly rustic. Otherwise it was a classic, old Sangiovese at its plateau of maturity; tertiary, but not past its peak. Although not the most typical vintage of Barbi, this was thoroughly enjoyable stuff.

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  12/19/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  Really gets humming after and hour or so in the decanter. It has hit tertiary territory but there's a core that is vinous and sweet. It has notes of teak, tobacco, baked earth, cured meats and leather. There's a hint of chocolate countering all of the savoury elements and there's still plenty of underlying chew from the structural elements. Length is impressive.

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