Community Tasting Note

• forceberry wrote: 88 points

  September 24, 2023 - 100% Sangiovese from vineyards located in the municipality of Montalcino, averaging 31 years in age. Fermented in 3500-to-4500 liter stainless steel tanks, macerated with the skins for 18-20 days. Aged for 36 months in oak casks ranging from 1000 to 2500 liters. 15% alcohol. Total production 14,400 bottles.
  
  Somewhat evolved and moderately translucent dark-red color with a somewhat evolved tertiary hue and a colorless rim. The nose feels big and sunny with sweetly-fruited aromas of wizened red cherries, some balsamic notes of VA, a little bit of juicy dark plums, light boysenberry jam tones, a hint of alcohol and a touch of sun-baked earth. The wine feels ripe, sweet-toned and somewhat hot with a rather full body and quite solar flavors of wizened dark plums, some juicy black cherry tones, a little bit of raspberry jam and cherry marmalade, a hint of savory spices and a touch of balsamic VA. The acidity feels medium-to-moderately high and although quite ample, the tannins feel very ripe and supple, contributing only to the rich mouthfeel of the wine, not that much to its structure. The finish is savory, somewhat grippy and quite warm with a rather long aftertaste of sweet black cherries and dark plums, some raspberry jam tones, a little bit of balsamic VA, light notes of savory, earthy spices, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of dark pruney fruit.
  
  A rather generic warm-vintage Brunello that could really use some freshness and bright acidity to offset those rich, sweet-toned and slightly dried fruit flavors. The tannins are also lacking a bit in firmness, making the wine feel a bit soft and blowzy. This is a big, sweet-toned and very solar Brunello that is very accessible despite its young age, but I doubt the wine will age particularly gracefully - the structure doesn't really promise much from the cellaring perspective, and seeing how the wine is quite pruney and balsamic already now, why would you want to age it any further from here? Not really in my wheelhouse. Feels somewhat expensive for the quality at 38€.

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