2001 Valdicava - Brunello di Montalcino
Italy - Tuscany - Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese
Still
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Professional Reviews
- Source
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue
- Issue 127
Saturated medium ruby; atypically dark for sangiovese. Aromas of dark berries, bitter chocolate, gunflint and meat. Large-scaled, fat and sweet, offering a blast of blackberry flavor. This is almost too big for the mouth, but manages to avoid heaviness. Offers good vinosity, but still comes across as a bit youthfully musclebound today. Very impressive wine, but I never would have guessed it was Brunello. (Vinifera Imports, Ronkonkoma, NY)
- Source
- Jancis Robinson
Exceptionally dark – perhaps the blackest wine of all these! Very intense but without much actual flavour. Rather strange! Acidity and a bit of carbon dioxide impose themselves first. Very much an enigma for the moment. Just a (very slightly minty) baby at present.
Community Tasting Notes
- Author
- David S515
- Site / Blog
- Tasted On
- 01/15/2010
a funky nose more reminiscent of an amarone or cote rotie. after aeration of 1+ hour it blows off. good concentration, mouthfeel and length. not as complex as expected
- Author
- Thor
- Site / Blog
- Trust Rating
- 99%
- Tasted On
- 08/28/2009
decant for 6hours prior to consumption
- Author
- Brad Coelho
- Site / Blog
- Unidentified Appellation
- Trust Rating
- 97%
- Tasted On
- 06/18/2008
- Drink Dates
- 04/01/2008
Talk about night and day folks, this is Brunello at its inkiest and is a blatant departure from the all the previously tasted wines. This opaque, brilliantly decadent performance is full of cr?me de cassis, roasted coffee, black chocolate, violet, roasted meats and a full throttle, palate staining persona that pulls no punches. While it may be 'monstrously delicious? (the Lucky Charms cereal of Tuscany), there is an underlining intensity of acidity and earth that are certain to evolve glacially into a stunning wine. Not for traditionalists, but certainly should take a varietally recognizable shape in the cellar
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