2017 SanCarlo Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

JD95 Characteristically for the vintage, with no dried out or overripe qualities, the 2017 Brunello Di Montalcino pours a deeper ruby, with aromas of sun-ripened cherry, rosemary, and fresh pine. It has a full structure, with fresh ripe fruit of red plum, turned earth, and cedar. This exceptional wine handled the heat of the vintage gracefully and delivers brilliant freshness. Drink 2025-2040.
Estate Notes: With just over seven acres of vines (surrounded by wild forest), the Marcucci family produces less than 6,000 bottles of their Brunello wine each vintage. This is the true character of Montalcino, born from an honest family farm. Bold fruit, suave tannins, and as long as a Montalcino summer sunset.
Aromas of small red fruits, summer berry, autumn leaves, blond tobacco, spice. Structured yet suave, fine-grained tannins. Hand-harvested in small crates. Fermented on indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Aged in older Slavonian 30HL casks (“botti”) for three years, then six months in bottle. 20 to 50 year-old vines.