Decayed 90 minutes and drank with Pasta All’Amatriciana. Similar to previous notes but more rounded now. Still modern but very smooth and enjoyable. Red fruits dominate is a long finish.
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Floral notes on nose with ripe red fruit Taste is leather cherry tobacco with a solid wall of tannins..leads to a tannic cherry finish that is quite drying.. good structured wine .. definitely a food wine Very solid brunello and good QPR.. Lots of bottle time left on these
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I had sampled this a couple of years ago via Coravin with no formal notes taken. Tonight my dear wife made an impromptu sausage and tortellini dinner in the pressure cooker and it just begged for an Italian wine. I Coravined a couple more glasses using my aeration technique of holding the stream 18-24” from the glass. It worked as the wine was smooth and open for business! Cherries and forest mushroom notes with enough acidity to cut through the sausage and sauce dinner. We then popped the cork to finish the bottle. Lisini has been a go-to Brunello for years and this was fantastic as usual.
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Decanted 90 minutes. Very rounded, medium extraction, Old World nose but modern style. I feel these new Brunellos are good but not as good as earlier vintages. They are more soft now. Then again most wines are like this now.
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Decanted 45 minutes and drank along side a 2016 Zenato Amarone. Nice earthy, barnyard Old World nose. Tobacco, leather filled red fruits but subtle flavors. Medium/light mouthfeel but color was dark. Medium extraction. More of a finesse wine but good structure & balance. Easy to drink after the bigger Amarone.
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Decanted. Clear-ruby color with a slight amber hue at the edges. Leads with red plum & cherry on the nose, with additional aromas of blood orange, black tea, dried hibiscus, clove and turned soil, nicely profiled but somewhat fleeting in intensity. Richly textured on the palate, with ripe red fruit lifted with zesty orange citrus, along with cedar, baking spice, leather, earth and red floral depth. Expressive and broad on the palate with refined density, medium acidity and round ripe tannins, finishing with moderate length of zesty red fruit.
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Really clean lines with bright red fruit showing good lift, leather, cedar, faint herbs and talc. Maybe a little too Modern but very elegant and pure. Probably too young but I don't see this improving wildly.
Color: Medium-light ruby (barely). Orange-brick at the rim.
Nose: Moderate intense, cool, dried morello cherries, spice (clove), sl licorice, and smoky woodsiness. Pretty. And nice complexity out of a good glass (I'm using a Grassl Cru tonight).
Pal: Pow: Tart dried morello cherries! Good energy in the mouth. Decent concentration of flavor. I don't find this particularly tannic (in late 2022). The tannis are polished and fine. But it is lean in style and acids are high, per usual for Sangiovese. Med-full body. Mouth watering acidity. 14.5% alc. Tartrates at bottom of bottle (good).
Northern Italian red wines are of course more savory and high acid compared to new world wines (California, Australia, etc) or even the wines of southern Italy or France. And thank God for that. But 2015 is a great vintage in Tuscany. I was hoping for a little more color, concentration and... 'gras' (if you will) in this wine.
91 pts. Beautiful nose. Lean in the mouth. Needs food.
JGH sommelier CMS-III, San Francisco/Bay Area, CA.
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Double decanted for 3hrs. Brought to a friends for birthday. Ate with pizza. Classic Brunello from a great vintage. Tannins not fully integrated even with the long-ish decant. Would wait another few years, but still drinking well now.
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Notes after 1.5 hour decant - it needed it - and was very tight in first 30 minutes after decanting. Dark red/black color. Nose was tight - dark cherry, leather, rosemary and burnt cherry. On palate, medium+ body, medium acidity/tannins and long finish. Palate was relatively consistent with the nose. After 2 hours or air it's a 92-93+ wine. Give it air if opening now.
Of 3 2015 BDMs tasted over the past few days, this was my least favorite - but that is relative - I enjoyed this. #1 = Mate - Il Falconaio, #2 = Capanna, followed by this one. All were good but interesting to see how this vintage ages long term given the heat.
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After trying and falling in love with the 2015 Tenuta le Potazzine, we ventured out and acquired a dozen various Brunellos. We were underwhelmed by the 2015 Lisini effort. $50 seems a tad steep based on what we had. Nothing specific to either rave or bemoan. 89 seems fair since we did finish the bottle.
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Must decant at least 3.5 hours to get where you want to be with this one. I have 400 young BDM in my new cellar, mostly 2013's and 2015's, and expecting good things. This was my best experience in last few months as I am tracking the maturation of my babies!
A little more cohesive than bottles tasted earlier this year. That said, I'm even more convinced to give this another year in the cellar before trying it again. Three years might be better. There's some enjoyment here - I get the purity and the place - but it's not speaking to me yet, i.e. somewhat anonymous, which is very atypical of Lisini's Brunello wine. Or any of their wines, for that matter. 14,5% abv. NR
Garnet brick color. Perfumed nose. Medium full body. Flavors of dark cherry, cassis, plum and a touch of tobacco. The wine is still very tannic and primary, but delightful nevertheless. An excellent example of classic Brunello. Easily has another 10+ years ahead of it.
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The Lisini 2015 Brunello di Montalcino shows muscle and brawn, filling out its full-bodied frame with plenty of dark fruit, spice, tar and smoke. If you like a more concentrated style of Sangiovese, this is your wine. It offers seamless harmony and sun-drenched intensity that all work very nicely in this classic and warm vintage. You can wait, or drink it in the near-term with a rack of lamb.
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My second time with this, and this bottle is slightly more fresh. Medium bodied, with avg freshness, finish. I'm just not feeling it in this vintage, and this producer represents a good percentage of my cellar. Maybe revisit in 2-4 years. Good, but I'm not a buyer. recommended
This is bigger than the Terre Nere with darker and deeper fruit - it's got more breadth but it isn't as fine or focused. Dark fruits and marzipan, creamy exotics and florals - it's delicious and full. The end of the palate shows some roasted elements and the finish shows a bit more of it - not too much but enough to knock it down a notch or two. This is about as close to hedonistic as I like, but I do like it. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15.5-16/20.
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4/21/2024 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decayed 90 minutes and drank with Pasta All’Amatriciana. Similar to previous notes but more rounded now. Still modern but very smooth and enjoyable. Red fruits dominate is a long finish.
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4/5/2024 - KJD45$ wrote: 92 Points
Floral notes on nose with ripe red fruit
Taste is leather cherry tobacco with a solid wall of tannins..leads to a tannic cherry finish that is quite drying.. good structured wine .. definitely a food wine
Very solid brunello and good QPR..
Lots of bottle time left on these
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4/2/2024 - AB16 Likes this wine: 94 Points
I loved this wine. Balance, old, world, nose, and earth with ample fruit. Fantastic food beverage.
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3/22/2024 - Janstan Likes this wine: 91 Points
Went well with goulash.
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1/13/2024 - Arch57 Likes this wine: 93 Points
I had sampled this a couple of years ago via Coravin with no formal notes taken. Tonight my dear wife made an impromptu sausage and tortellini dinner in the pressure cooker and it just begged for an Italian wine.
I Coravined a couple more glasses using my aeration technique of holding the stream 18-24” from the glass. It worked as the wine was smooth and open for business! Cherries and forest mushroom notes with enough acidity to cut through the sausage and sauce dinner. We then popped the cork to finish the bottle. Lisini has been a go-to Brunello for years and this was fantastic as usual.
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12/14/2023 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted 90 minutes. Very rounded, medium extraction, Old World nose but modern style. I feel these new Brunellos are good but not as good as earlier vintages. They are more soft now. Then again most wines are like this now.
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11/24/2023 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted 45 minutes and drank along side a 2016 Zenato Amarone. Nice earthy, barnyard Old World nose. Tobacco, leather filled red fruits but subtle flavors. Medium/light mouthfeel but color was dark. Medium extraction. More of a finesse wine but good structure & balance. Easy to drink after the bigger Amarone.
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10/25/2023 - Plabella Likes this wine: 95 Points
Full body wine with dark fruit. Delicious Sangiovese concentrated and seamless.
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8/14/2023 - KJD45$ wrote: flawed
Corked
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6/25/2023 - MattMauldin wrote: 91 Points
Decanted. Clear-ruby color with a slight amber hue at the edges. Leads with red plum & cherry on the nose, with additional aromas of blood orange, black tea, dried hibiscus, clove and turned soil, nicely profiled but somewhat fleeting in intensity. Richly textured on the palate, with ripe red fruit lifted with zesty orange citrus, along with cedar, baking spice, leather, earth and red floral depth. Expressive and broad on the palate with refined density, medium acidity and round ripe tannins, finishing with moderate length of zesty red fruit.
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4/15/2023 - Ajb wrote: 91 Points
Barnyard earthiness with a lot to say. WBA
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4/4/2023 - Portland Seth Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really clean lines with bright red fruit showing good lift, leather, cedar, faint herbs and talc. Maybe a little too Modern but very elegant and pure. Probably too young but I don't see this improving wildly.
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10/27/2022 - Jon Harrison Likes this wine: 91 Points
(Imported by Skurnik, NY, NY).
Color: Medium-light ruby (barely). Orange-brick at the rim.
Nose: Moderate intense, cool, dried morello cherries, spice (clove), sl licorice, and smoky woodsiness. Pretty. And nice complexity out of a good glass (I'm using a Grassl Cru tonight).
Pal: Pow: Tart dried morello cherries! Good energy in the mouth. Decent concentration of flavor. I don't find this particularly tannic (in late 2022). The tannis are polished and fine. But it is lean in style and acids are high, per usual for Sangiovese. Med-full body. Mouth watering acidity. 14.5% alc. Tartrates at bottom of bottle (good).
Northern Italian red wines are of course more savory and high acid compared to new world wines (California, Australia, etc) or even the wines of southern Italy or France. And thank God for that. But 2015 is a great vintage in Tuscany. I was hoping for a little more color, concentration and... 'gras' (if you will) in this wine.
91 pts. Beautiful nose. Lean in the mouth. Needs food.
JGH sommelier CMS-III, San Francisco/Bay Area, CA.
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2/12/2022 - HarlanPSU Likes this wine: 95 Points
So good already and will just get better.
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12/7/2021 - Weinsre wrote: 93 Points
Still very young but quite drinkable after sitting awhile. Should be excellent in a few years.
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10/25/2021 - MrTunaDavis Likes this wine: 90 Points
Double decanted for 3hrs.
Brought to a friends for birthday. Ate with pizza. Classic Brunello from a great vintage. Tannins not fully integrated even with the long-ish decant. Would wait another few years, but still drinking well now.
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10/19/2021 - SommTumDer wrote: 94 Points
Dry, medium body, acidity nicely balanced with rounded tannins. Dark fruit like black cherry.
Had at I Sodi in NYC with prosciutto, arugula salad, fried pork chop and steak.
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8/23/2021 - CWilliam wrote: 92 Points
Notes after 1.5 hour decant - it needed it - and was very tight in first 30 minutes after decanting. Dark red/black color. Nose was tight - dark cherry, leather, rosemary and burnt cherry. On palate, medium+ body, medium acidity/tannins and long finish. Palate was relatively consistent with the nose. After 2 hours or air it's a 92-93+ wine. Give it air if opening now.
Of 3 2015 BDMs tasted over the past few days, this was my least favorite - but that is relative - I enjoyed this. #1 = Mate - Il Falconaio, #2 = Capanna, followed by this one. All were good but interesting to see how this vintage ages long term given the heat.
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8/5/2021 - gsomers Likes this wine: 89 Points
After trying and falling in love with the 2015 Tenuta le Potazzine, we ventured out and acquired a dozen various Brunellos. We were underwhelmed by the 2015 Lisini effort. $50 seems a tad steep based on what we had. Nothing specific to either rave or bemoan. 89 seems fair since we did finish the bottle.
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1/29/2021 - SteelyMon Likes this wine: 91 Points
Must decant at least 3.5 hours to get where you want to be with this one. I have 400 young BDM in my new cellar, mostly 2013's and 2015's, and expecting good things. This was my best experience in last few months as I am tracking the maturation of my babies!
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11/26/2020 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
A little more cohesive than bottles tasted earlier this year. That said, I'm even more convinced to give this another year in the cellar before trying it again. Three years might be better. There's some enjoyment here - I get the purity and the place - but it's not speaking to me yet, i.e. somewhat anonymous, which is very atypical of Lisini's Brunello wine. Or any of their wines, for that matter. 14,5% abv. NR
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11/4/2020 - djarcara Likes this wine: 92 Points
Garnet brick color. Perfumed nose. Medium full body. Flavors of dark cherry, cassis, plum and a touch of tobacco. The wine is still very tannic and primary, but delightful nevertheless. An excellent example of classic Brunello. Easily has another 10+ years ahead of it.
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10/28/2020 - norton Levine wrote: 91 Points
The Lisini 2015 Brunello di Montalcino shows muscle and brawn, filling out its full-bodied frame with plenty of dark fruit, spice, tar and smoke. If you like a more concentrated style of Sangiovese, this is your wine. It offers seamless harmony and sun-drenched intensity that all work very nicely in this classic and warm vintage. You can wait, or drink it in the near-term with a rack of lamb.
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9/11/2020 - LidoVino wrote:
Drank with the PC crew including Martin, Kevin, Julia
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2/21/2020 - Tim Heaton wrote:
2015 Brunello di Montalcino, new releases (Montalcino centro): Benvenuto Brunello 2020, Montalcino
My second time with this, and this bottle is slightly more fresh. Medium bodied, with avg freshness, finish. I'm just not feeling it in this vintage, and this producer represents a good percentage of my cellar. Maybe revisit in 2-4 years. Good, but I'm not a buyer. recommended
Full 2015 Brunello report here https://wp.me/p7fulH-27j
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2/10/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is bigger than the Terre Nere with darker and deeper fruit - it's got more breadth but it isn't as fine or focused. Dark fruits and marzipan, creamy exotics and florals - it's delicious and full. The end of the palate shows some roasted elements and the finish shows a bit more of it - not too much but enough to knock it down a notch or two. This is about as close to hedonistic as I like, but I do like it. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15.5-16/20.
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