2013 Brunello di Montalcino Vieilles Vignes
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Lustrous mid ruby with brick-stone rim. Savoury, saline and with slow, emerging red fruit. The nose literally bursts with minerality. Sappy and fluent on the palate with fine, textural tannins. Finely knit structure over elegant, juicy fruit. Still youthful. (WS)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino VV opens with mentholated freshness, as worn leather, dusty black cherry and cedar spice-box notes unfold. This is wonderfully pure and lifted in style, with a saline-tinged wave of red berry fruit and exotic spice that flows across a core of minerality. The 2013 tapers off salty and crunchy, leaving behind gentle tension as adolescent tannins slowly fade. Still maturing, this is sure to be stunning in another five to ten years.
Spice, dark fruit and delicate balsam herb appear on the bouquet of the 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Ragnaie V V. This is a classic expression of Sangiovese, with a compact and firm approach that will serve the wine well as it ages forward in time. It definitely needs another year or two to flesh out and develop extra volume. If you like classic Brunello, this wine will appeal to your palate.
Maturing ruby with orange tinges. Reductive, stalky nose. Very closed and with tart acidity, but the true action is on the finish. Very slow and tightly wound with muscular, polished tannins. Gorgeous length and still a bit subdued and with plenty of depth. (WS) (JR)