1999 Brunello di Montalcino
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The 1999 Brunello di Montalcino has not aged gracefully because all you have left are strong oak influences that overwhelm the senses. The nose is redolent of carpentry shop and sawdust with a distant shading of dried cherry lost somewhere at the back. The mouthfeel is tight and astringent. The wine seems to have evolved in such a way that saw its flesh disappear, leaving exposed a skeleton of wood. Drink: 2014-2015.
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The Wine Advocate
Jancis Robinson MW
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Fresh medium ruby. Aromatic nose combines roasted berries, chocolate and spicecake. Sweet, concentrated and primary, with rather clenched, medicinal flavors of dark berries and minerals. Cleanly made but not yet showing much nuance. Almost brutal in the mid-palate, but the tannins are fairly supple.
Very dramatic colour and nose. A bit too oaky. Very, very modern. Less Montalcino than most. Quite jagged. Not sweet, but a bit tarty. (JR)
The 1999 Brunello di Montalcino, fresh and dark in color, shows much floral and mineral Sangiovese character in its red currant and wild cherry nose and a broad and enveloping palate, rich and smooth in texture and admirably long on the flow. Drink: 2005-2016. Daniel Thomases, Wine Advocate April 2005