2001 Brunello di Montalcino Rennina
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The 2001 Brunello Di Montalcino Rennina takes on more inky richness with its opaque ruby to garnet hue and lifts from the glass with are notes of sweet balsamic, pressed flowers, baked red plum, and cassis. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with more sweet herbs of rosemary, mineral earth, and ripe fruit. Drink 2023-2033.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2001 Brunello di Montalcino Rennina is incredibly pretty, displaying a deep and vibrant red color with orange hues. It’s feminine in style and sweetly scented, opening with notes of tobacco and mint evolving into savory cherry sauce and hints of clove. It is silky and lifted in feel, with zesty acids giving way to a cascade of taut red fruits and minerals. Plum, inner earth tones, roses and a tug of residual tension defines the finale, as the Rennina tapers off slowly. While there’s plenty of energy and balance, the 2001’s remaining wood tannin may begin to overwhelm its fruit in due time. My best advice is to enjoy this within the next three to five years. Sampled from the winery's cellar.
The 2001 Brunellos show the pedigree of the superior vintage. The Rennina is a lovely effort with an attractive floral nose and suggestions of sweet red fruit and tobacco on a medium-bodied frame of notable elegance. It is fresher and exhibits more refinement, particularly in its silky tannins, than the 2000. It should start drinking well in a few years and last to at least age 15. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2017. Importer: Paterno Imports, Lake Bluff, IL; tel. (847) 604-8900
The 2001 Brunellos show the pedigree of the superior vintage. The Rennina is a lovely effort with an attractive floral nose and suggestions of sweet red fruit and tobacco on a medium-bodied frame of notable elegance. It is fresher and exhibits more refinement, particularly in its silky tannins, than the 2000. It should start drinking well in a few years and last to at least age 15. Anticipated maturity
About the producer
Gaja has been at the forefront of the Piedmont wine scene for many years and is Barbaresco’s most decorated producer. The winery has received a record number of Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri awards – the highest accolade from Italy’s leading wine publication.