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La Lecciaia - Brunello Di Montalcino

2017
Blend
100% Sangiovese Grosso
Country
Italy
Region
Tuscany
Appellation
Brunello Di Montalcino
UPC
0 15643 24528 2
Red Wine
Verified Stock
8640C-17/12PK
Product Ratings
James Suckling 92pt

A pleasantly chewy Brunello with a full body, giving it a soft and round form. It shows berry, chocolate and walnut flavors. Attractive finish.

by James Suckling, 2021
Wine Advocate 91pt

The La Lecciaia 2017 Brunello di Montalcino is a generous, full-bodied expression of Sangiovese (a grape that is usually on the leaner side of the spectrum). It shows a pretty dark ruby shine with aromas of dark cherry, dried currant, balsam herb and crushed flowers. Despite the rather grand presentation of aromas, the wine is more subdued on the palate with dry tannins and a good sense of textural richness. The finish is more abrupt in this wine compared to some recent editions from cooler growing seasons.

by Wine Advocate, 2022

Description

This wine is put on the market the fifth year after the wine harvest. After a minimum of three and a half years spent in oak casks follows a period of at least 4 months refining in the bottles.This wine has a high alcohol content and should continue to mature with age.

Estate

Purchased by Mr. Mauro Pacini in 1983 and upgraded with the most advanced winemaking installations, Fattoria la Lecciaia is a wine estate that combines a young, dynamic approach to the wine business, while strictly adhering to the antique traditions of Brunello di Montalcino. Located in “località Vallafrico” and surrounded by the vineyards of some of the most iconic estates of the area, the estate is in the center of the original micro-terroir where the world-famous Brunello di Montalcino was first produced.

Tasting notes

Intense ruby red, garnet tends with aging. Aromas are characteristic and intense. Dry, warm, slightly tannic, robust and harmonious. A wine with a high alcohol content and long aging, it is marketed in the fifth year after the harvest, after spending three and a half years in large oak barrels followed by at least 4 months of aging in bottle. At the table it goes very well with game and meat. Excellent with aged cheeses, alone as a meditation wine.