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Altesino Montosoli Brunello di Montalcino(1997)
- Winery:
- Altesino
- Varietal:
- Sangiovese
- Region:
- Italy > Tuscany > Montalcino > Brunello Di Montalcino
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- stone fruits, sangiovese, red grape, cherry, (tree) fruit, dried, concentrated, tobacco, resinous, complex
GRAPE VARIETY: Sangiovese 100%
FERMENTATION: traditional
AGEING: 4 years (a minimum of 2 years
in Slavonian oak barrels)
REFINEMENT: 4 months in bottle
ALCOHOL IN VOLUME: 13,00/14,00%
AGEING CAPABILITY: 20 years or more
COLOR: Ruby red, tending to garnet red with ageing
BOUQUET: A broad, ethereal and compound smell
with hints of violet and a pleasant
hint of wild berries and vanilla.
FLAVOR: Dry, warm and velvety, denoting a rich
texture and fine breed.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18°C (64°F)
FOOD COMBINATION: read more...
FERMENTATION: traditional
AGEING: 4 years (a minimum of 2 years
in Slavonian oak barrels)
REFINEMENT: 4 months in bottle
ALCOHOL IN VOLUME: 13,00/14,00%
AGEING CAPABILITY: 20 years or more
COLOR: Ruby red, tending to garnet red with ageing
BOUQUET: A broad, ethereal and compound smell
with hints of violet and a pleasant
hint of wild berries and vanilla.
FLAVOR: Dry, warm and velvety, denoting a rich
texture and fine breed.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18°C (64°F)
FOOD COMBINATION: read more...
Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Vigna di Pianrosso 1997
SnoothRank: 4.5
US $163.21
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Source:
Zachy's
- "Complex aromas of grilled meat and cherry with hints of cedar and tobacco that turn to plums and flowers. Full-bodied and extremely well-structured, with well-integrated tannins and ripe, concentrated fruit...98." WS 6/02.
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June 2007
- Altesino is one of the best producers of Brunello di Montalcino, and its single-vineyard Brunello, Montosoli, is the benchmark wine. It shows the power and finesse that Sangiovese can produce in the unique soils and climate of the region. Since the estate was founded in the mid-1970s, Montosoli has only been made in seven vintages: 1975, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995 and 1997. I gave the 1997, a complex yet reserved red with a long future ahead of it, a rating of 98 points.
- Edward Beltrami
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 103, July/August 2002
- 92/100
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September 2007
- ($90) Intense garnet with ruby reflections. Opens with wonderfully sweet tobacco scents and spicy cedar. In the mouth there are nicely delineated, fresh flavors of anise, mocha and roasted coffee, the whole supported by very soft tannins, and the rather smoky close conveying an essence of raspberry. Although there are no hard edges in this sleek and mellifluous medium-bodied wine, it does not possess quite the depth and concentration of the best Brunellos of this vintage. (Winebow, Hokokus, NJ)
- International Wine Cellar
- Jul-02
- 92/100
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July 2007
- The Wine Advocate
- 93/100
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June 2007
