2017 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino
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The Altesino 2017 Brunello di Montalcino is ripe and round with lots of pretty textural richness and juicy fruit flavors. These qualities tie in nicely with the character of the vintage that saw long and hot summer days. Dark fruit, plum and blackcurrant pave the way for savory spice, tobacco and limestone. The effect is soothing and rich, and the wine remains perfumed and silky to the end. The tannins are well managed in this hot-vintage wine. Fruit is sourced over 25 hectares of vines with tufo soils and alberese rock. Production is 110,000 bottles.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
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Just mid ruby and already a little developed. The first signs of undergrowth and tobacco leaf with cherry fruit underneath. A little numb on the palate, which makes the stalky tannins look more prominent and with a creamy note on the finish. Lacks a little in fruit. (WS)
The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino holds your attention with its sweetly seductive mix of wild strawberries, stems and all, dusty dried flowers and hints of gingery spice. This is pleasantly ripe in style yet balanced throughout, with cherries and cloves offset by a hint of candied citrus and bright acids that create a jovial impression. Its tannins are round, complemented by notes of licorice and hard red candies, as this finishes lightly structured and long. Altesino firmly believes in blending vineyards throughout Montalcino to create the most balanced Brunello from each vintage. In 2017 that approach sure paid off.
Pale ruby. Very pale rim. Very light nose! Already quite smooth in terms of tannins and slightly pinched on the finish, though it would provide ‘pleasant’ short-term drinking. (JR)
About the producer
Altesino is one of the top producers in Brunello di Montalcino. The estate is famous for bottling the first separate Cru from the Montosoli hill, which has since become widely recognised for its distinct, elegant style of Brunello.