2010 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Diecianni
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Bottle number 358 of 3940. Unfiltered. Tasted blind. Dark ruby with bright orange tinges. Concentrated nose with notes of raw meat and needing lots of air. Rich and concentrated fruit on the palate with fine-grained tannins. You’d think this is ready now, but it still has a long way ahead of it. It changes all the time in the glass. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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Here's a real treat. Le Chiuse's 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Diecianni is a late-release wine that is hitting the market 10 years after the vintage. It undergoes a total of 48 months of aging in Slavonian oak casks followed by 5.5 years of bottle aging. The wine opens to a dark garnet color with crimson highlights. The bouquet shows the signs of its age with delicately evolved notes of camphor ash and licorice that rise above a core of dark cherry and blackberry fruit. The wine's beautiful intensity comes as a pleasant surprise. You gets hints of smoke and mineral that make for a sultry and savory finish. A mere 4,000 bottles were made, and we will see them in February 2020.