Brunello di Montalcino - 2018

Brunello di Montalcino
Grape Variety : Sangiovese  
Caract. : Dry red wine  
Price : 82.75$
SAQ Code :  
Inventory : Cellier Collection  
Format : 750 mL 
Degree of Alcohol : 14.5% 
Bottles/Crate : 12 

Tasting :

"A perfumed version, this reveals cherry, strawberry, spice and leather flavors, with briar and tobacco accents. Firm and a bit gruff on the finish, but this hangs together in the end. " BS -Wine Advocate - R. Parker

Wine Pairing :

Marinated Beef braised. Beef bourguignon. Deer skewer with pepper and cherry tomato. Rack of lamb à la Provençale.

Winemaking :

  • Variety : Sangiovese 100%
  • Age of vines : 10-25 years
  • Yield of vines : 5000 kg/ha
  • Irrigation : None
  • Harvest : Manual
  • Fermentation: Stainless steel during 25 days
  • Maturation : 3 years in old Slovenian oak barrels. Fining in the bottle for 6 months. With the lees. Malolactic fermentation.
  • Type of yeast : Indigenous
  • Fining : Lightly filtered
  • Cellar : 15-20 years
  • Decanting : 3+ hours

See the Press Review


Vintage 2019

  • Wine Spectator : 93 points

Vintage 2018

  • Falstaff 2023 : 94 pts.
  • Wine Advocate -R. Parker : 94 points
  • Wine Spectator: 92 points
  • Vinous (Antonio Galloni) 2021: 94 points
  • Decanter : 95 points
  • Jancis Robinson : 17+/20

Vintage 2017

  • James Suckling : 94 pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 94 pts.

Vintage 2016

  • Wine Spectator : TOP 100 2021 : 98 pts / 5th
  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker : 95 pts.
  • James Suckling : 94 pts.
  • Vinous (Antonio Galloni) 95 pts.
  • Wine Spectator 2021 : 96 pts.

Vintage 2015

  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker: 95 pts.
  • Wine Spectator: 94 pts.
  • James Suckling 2020 : 97 pts.

Vintage 2014

  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker: 93 pts.
  • James Suckling 06/2019: 93 pts.
  • Wine Spectator: 90 pts.

Vintage 2013

  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker: 96 pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 97 pts.

Vintage 2012

  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker: 94 pts.

Vintage 2011

  • Wine Spectator: 90 pts.
  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker: 93 pts.
  • James Suckling: 93v

Vintage 10

  • Wine Spectator: 93 pts.
  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker: 98 pts.

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