2012 Campi di Fonterenza Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 93 points

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  2/9/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Lithic. Massive. Bitter Venezuelan chocolate. Lazy, sagging vines dotted with cassis, vanilla liquor, and licorice. Oak. Blueberries, hostage to geological constriction. Unending tannins, saturated deeply in the fabric, violently productive of scented spice and inky pulp. I've always adored this wine. I wonder if I opened this bottle a decade or two before it's ready. 96-99.

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  2/21/2021 - Tim Heaton wrote:

  Aerated to decanter for 2 hours, and followed over 3 days. Organic farming since day 1, the fruit for this Brunello comes from a 1 hectare plot that the family had to receive an exception to be included in the BdM DOCG. That said, the exception was obviously merited. Clean and bright, with textbook Sangiovese character, structure, etc. This will likely hit peak in about 5 or so years. This was most complete on day 3. HOLD. highly recommended
  
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  3/25/2020 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:

  3 hour slo-o. Still very much on the young side, but displays great pedigree and potential. There is good fruit, nice balance and a lengthy finish. This is destined to be a great wine.

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  2/7/2020 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 92 Points

  It has been a while since I've had a wine from Margherita and Francesca so I grabbed a few of these and wanted to check on a bottle. This was really intense and formidably structured. You could detect fruit, leather, earth, flowers and sundry attached to the frame, but it was unwilling to let them flutter outward. Kind of reminded me of young Bea Sagrantino in that it seemed like staring into a deep well where you can't see the bottom. There is also a lively feel and a noble rusticity that one doesn't find in Brunello much anymore. Not elegant like Stella nor silky like Poggio di Sotto but a real and singular expression of sangiovese. I'm burying my other bottles for at least 5-7 years. I'm curious as hell to see where this ends up.

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  3/24/2019 - acyso wrote:

  Third Coast Soif (Chicago, IL): Outstanding intensity and power here, the herbs and red fruit are out in full force, with a touch of reduction and a nice dusty element on the initial whiff. It's hard to enjoy this wine in the setting, but with a little meat, I've no doubt this would be an outstanding wine. One of my winners today.

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