2018 Cortonesi Brunello di Montalcino La Mannella
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Generous and ripe aromas of pressed purple flowers, baked strawberries, blue fruit, sweet herbs, and fresh forest floor jump from the glass of the 2018 Brunello Di Montalcino La Mannella. Full-bodied, its ample fruit is evenly balanced through the palate, with ripe tannins and a fresh mineral texture. It offers notes of fresh leather, ripe cherry, cedar, and warming spices throughout, with its perfume lasting long after the wine is gone. It is a lovely wine to drink over the next 10-15 years.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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The Cortonesi 2018 Brunello di Montalcino La Mannella is similar to the Poggiarelli in terms of brightness and fruit wealth, yet this wine is perhaps more savory, spicy and accessible. It offers a velvety, medium to full-bodied texture with lingering tones of campfire ash and leather. The differences between the two wines are not that big, but this is marked in that one respect. This is also a much larger production of 25,000 bottles.
Wild and herbal in the glass, the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino La Mannella wafts up with a smoky mix of dried strawberries, rosemary and hints of animal musk. This is seamlessly silky with medium-bodied weight and a polished mix of red and black fruits. Its acidity maintains a lovely freshness, as the 2018 finishes structured with fine tannins and long, leaving hints of licorice and currants to linger on. What a beauty. Of note, in 2018 La Mannella benefited from the addition of the old-vine fruit that would typically be used for the Riserva.
Lustrous mid to deep ruby. Firm, concentrated nose with dark spice. Rich cherry fruit with a charming oak note and plenty of grainy tannins. Very long and deep and needs more time to properly unfold. (WS)