2017 Brunello di Montalcino Campo del Drago
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If you consider all the glorious vineyard sites in Montalcino, Campo del Drago must be one of the most beautiful. The vines sit on a flat plateau surrounded by wild forests with views that extend south all the way to the Tyrrhenian Sea and the sleepy farming town of Grosseto. The site is just spectacular, and cooling elevations reach 430 meters above sea level. The mid-weight 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Campo del Drago reflects the sun-drenched nature of its namesake vineyard with ripe cherry, plum cake and mild oak spice. Production is 6,000 bottles.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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Lustrous mid ruby. Lifted, balsamic nose and rich sour cherry on the palate with delicious, chewy tannins and ripe acidity. Concentrated and elegant at the same time. (WS)
The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Campo del Drago is rich with depths of savory cherry sauce, exotic spices, coffee grinds and hints of tomato leaf. It’s weighty, almost creamy in texture, and dense, delivering mineral-tinged red and black fruits that give way to dark chocolate and purple-tinged inner florals. While structured and dry, there’s a flourish of inner sweetness that helps to balance the expression as this tapers off long yet youthfully inward. Some time in the cellar will be required to soften the 2017 Campo del Drago. That said, from this vintage, I find a more harmonious expression from the straight Brunello di Montalcino of Castiglion del Bosco.