2013 Brunello di Montalcino Le Lucere
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The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Le Lucére is dark and alluring, taking its time to fully awaken, as a whiff of cooling smoke and dusty sage slowly emerges over a core of crushed blackberries. This is pure elegance. Silky textures and a contrast of saline minerals/sweet spice gives way to depths of ripe wild berry fruit and a hint of cocoa. This finishes long, staining and potent—still gently tannic and nervy, with perfectly integrated oak. Suggestions of bitter dark chocolate fade. The 2013 is still climbing its way to maturity yet shows incredible balance today.
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James Suckling
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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San Filippo's 2013 Brunello di Montalcino le Lucére is a single-vineyard wine that shows a greater level of precision and distinction compared to the Annata version from this estate. You get a lot more definition and intensity here. Dried fruit aromas of blackberry and black currant lead to dry aromas of smoke and spice. The finish shows long, fine grains of texture. The wine should flesh out further with a few more years of cellar evolution.
Subtle and complete aromas of cherry, flowers, and orange peel. Full body, round and velvety tannins. So pretty and refined. Polished. A gorgeous wine. Drink or hold.
Bright red. Perfumed aromas and flavors of pink flowers, sour red cherry and strawberry. Fresh and juicy but also dense and deep, this boasts captivating sugar-acid-tannin balance. Finishes long and perfumed; despite its sneaky concentration and size, it also has a light-on-its-feet quality that is very typical of this wine.