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2018 Brunello di Montalcino, Máté, Tuscany, Italy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Sangiovese
Ready - youthful
(Drink 2024 - 2046)
- Walter Speller
- 17++/20
- Eric Guido
- 92/100
- James Suckling
- 93/100
- Monica Larner
- 93/100
Product: 20181166237
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Description
One of the triumphs of the vintage, the colour is dazzling, clear and red cherry-like. On the nose, both red and black cherries roll with redcurrants and white peppercorns through fields of wild herbs and roses. On the palate, details of cherry, dried violets and zesty blood orange weave with a soft, lingering presence. This is elegant rather than dense, yet there is an earthy richness on the palate – but this wine is not heavy. Instead, it has an agile mineral poise from the terroir, rounded by two years in 500-litre tonneau, and one year in traditional botti grandi to harmonize and render a delightful supple frame to the savoury-sweet tannins.
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful
(2024 - 2046)
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer Máté Winery
Critics reviews
Walter Speller 17++/20
Deep ruby with orange tinges. Brooding and conveying a sense of richness, but otherwise still closed on the nose. Just a suggestion of Moroccan leather. Sappy, lively and tangy fruit on the palate with an undertow of oak. Long, mouth-filling, juicy and hedonistic. Can be approached now.
Drink 2023 - 2030
Eric Guido 92/100
Minty herbs accentuate a smoky mix of crushed strawberry and cherry as the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino blossoms in the glass. It splashes across the palate with ripe wild berry fruits and hints of tropical citrus motivated by vibrant acidity. The 2018 tapers off with an exotic flourish of spices and florals, as subtle tannins frame this Brunello quite well. While lightly structured, this highly expressive interpretation of the vintage is already quite tempting, yet still in need of a few years of cellaring.
Drink 2025 - 2032
James Suckling 93/100
Walnuts, sweet berries, lemons, lavender and chocolate on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied with firm tannins. Fragrant floral and spice notes on a firm finish. A little tight for now. From organically grown grapes.
Better from 2024
Monica Larner 93/100
The certified organic Máté 2018 Brunello di Montalcino reveals dark layers of black cherry and plum with soft spice, leather and tilled earth. The wine also shows a delicate side with lavender and Mediterranean herb. It feels tart and fresh on the palate, and it offers an accessible, medium-weight texture. There is a hint of cooling mint on the close. Albeit informal, this is a fun and lively Brunello with exactly 12,965 bottles released.
The branding on these bottles appears to be transitioning to "Famiglia Máté." The family has 20 hectares of olives and forests and 6.5 hectares of vines at 320 to 420 meters in elevation. They are working a new vineyard site called Mezzaluna, which is planted to alberello vines. This new parcel is different in terms of altitude and soils, so it should be interesting to see what they decide to do with Mezzaluna. One possibility, I assume, is the production of a vineyard-designate wine in the future.
Drink 2024 - 2036
About this wine
Brunello di Montalcino
Along with Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino is Tuscany's most famous DOCG and its boldest expression of the Sangiovese grape. Located 30 miles south of Siena, its 2,000 hectares of vines are hemmed in by the Orcia, Asso and Ombrone valleys. Brunello is the local name for the Sangiovese Grosso clone from which Brunello di Montalcino should be made in its entirety. The wine cannot be released for sale until five years after the harvest.
Find out more
Registered company 05492886. BB&R Limited, trading as Berry Bros. & Rudd, 3 St James's Street, London, SW1A 1EG. All rights reserved. You must be 18 or over to order. Calls may be recorded.
