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2019 Brunello di Montalcino, Scopetone, Tuscany, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Sangiovese
Ready - youthful (Drink 2025 - 2049)
Walter Speller
15.5/20
Eric Guido
92/100
James Suckling
93/100
Product: 20191105139

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2019 Brunello di Montalcino, Scopetone, Tuscany, Italy

Description

This is a careful selection from the Scarnacuoia vineyard, with the oldest vines planted in 1979. The ancient soils here are rich with volcanic influence and large fossilised shells – lending enchanting complexity and mineral bite to the final wines. The wine spends 36 months in large 33hl Pauscha botti, before 6 months resting in bottle. The wine is poised with great structural tension, whilst the glassy, red cherry and red berry fruit is generous and sweet. All this is underlaid with fresh, wild herbs and spicy tones. This is high-definition Sangiovese.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2025 - 2049)
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer Scopetone, Tuscany

Critics reviews

Walter Speller 15.5/20

Concentrated mid ruby with orange tinges. Rather closed and a little stalky/reduced on the nose. Supple cherry fruit accompanied by mellow creamy notes and firm tannins. Those tannins would have needed a little extra fruit power to be truly balanced.

Drink 2024 - 2030
Drink 2024 - 2030
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (Oct 2023)
Eric Guido 92/100

The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino opens slowly in the glass, evolving with a blend of dried black cherries, spiced orange and hints of shaved cedar. It’s soft textured, nearly fleshy in feel, with a balancing core of tart wild berry fruits and brisk acidity. A gentle coating of grippy tannins lingers along with orange and inner rose notes as the 2019 finishes with medium length and youthfully tense.

Drink 2025 - 2033
Drink 2025 - 2033
Eric Guido, Vinous.com (Nov 2023)
James Suckling 93/100

Sour cherries with orange peel and hints of vanilla bean. Some bark, too. Medium body, with very fine tannins and a fresh and bright finish. Lean and agile.

Drink after 2026
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Sep 2023)

About this wine

Brunello di Montalcino

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.
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