Castiglion del Bosco, Brunello di Montalcino

Nice Brunello from a strong year. Easy drinking now with bright cherries and a bit of spice in the finish. Well structured and good balance.

2020 vintage

Ruby red in the glass with cherry and leather on nose. Silky smooth mouthfeel, medium body with cherry, floral, fig, leather. Medium soft tannins and acid.

2017 vintage

A favorite Brunello, with full body, bright intense black cherry and cranberry fruit. Dark ruby without any hint of brown/tawny colors often seen in Brunello’s. Crisp acidity, with pleasant bite of tannin. Great with red sauce and Italian meats, and drinking nicely now. Strong QPR.

2017 vintage

Exceeded expectations. All kinds of fruit but not overwhelming. Tannins nicely integrated and the alcohol wonderfully balanced. It only took a half hour of decanting to bring out the nose. So ready to drink now.

2013 vintage

Mature bouquet with earth and truffle. On the palate the same impressions, a touch of sweetness very round tannin and very mild acidity.

2013 vintage

Best Brunello

2017 vintage

This is a softer, simpler style of Brunello with less concentration and a smoother, more mellow feel. The fruit leans stewed strawberry and red cherry, with a hint of sweet baking spice and some natural, slightly funky notes, including a touch of fermented vegetable character. It’s silky and easy to drink, but feels a bit watery and light for the category. Interesting in its own way, but more about charm than structure.

2020 vintage

Vinous Italian tasting. Candied.

2020 vintage

Edcantedabout an hour before serving. Initially, the nose was a little off to me but that improved when consumed. medium body, quite tannic before the meal, needed food to offset that and then it was pretty good, not great, it seemed to have lost fruit with age.

2001 vintage

Perfectly mature. Completely open with fresh fruit, lovely spicyness. Elegant and refined but plenty of intensity.

2004 vintage

A tasty drink with food but not a particularly distinguished Brunello.

2013 vintage

from double magnum fully mature color- reddish brown with a bricked rim, tertiary nose, fully developed with savory dried herbs and bramble, on the palate genteel aged cherry notes with dried rose petals, good length showing underbrush and getting a bit dry on the tail end, attractive in its way as it nears the end of its best days. ***, drink soon.

2004 vintage

Med garnet w/ a brick hue. Probably would benefit from a decant for sediment. Med+ baked, stewed red cherry, dried black cherry, prune, leather, vanilla, earthy, dried savory herbs, balsamic & sweet baking spices. Aged 24 mos in French oak. Dry, with med+ acidity, med+ to high tannins & alcohol (14%). Full-bodied, w/ med+ flavor intensity & a long finish. The palate is fresher, w/ more tart fruit than the nose. It is drinking very well @ 11 yrs and …

2013 vintage

Exactly 2 years since last bottle. Wine actually had improved. This wine might had been in sleeping phase 2 years ago, or that it was a tired bottle due to bottle variation. Tonight, it had suddenly come back to life with vitality. Dark cherry, dried prune, tobacco, dried spices, truffles, potting soil. Medium bodied, medium-high acidity, high tannin, medium structure, medium alcohol and long finish. Tannin was overwhelming, but good amount of fruits and acidity in the wine that would …

2013 vintage

Solid and classic brunello. A couple hours of air helped, and it holds up with plenty of air. With a rich pasta dish, worked well. Fairly complex, medium body and acid. This was gift so can’t speak to value. Drago version is richer but that’s sort of a matter of preference, this is a nice slightly lighter wine.

2013 vintage

Drinkable but a little tight. Was better on day three (air removed and in the fridge)

2017 vintage

Decanted ~1 hour; smooth; lighter in color; modest complexity with well balanced flavor and finish; easy to drink; paired well with grilled beef.

2013 vintage

Something soft about the fruit on the nose, its slightly muted by the smell of dirt and a bit of smoke. There's some fruit, primarily cherry and maybe some darker fruit mixed in, but its again dominated more by the dirt, a bit of a dusty feel. More than anything this is dominated by tannin. Had with a steak at first, which made it manageable, by itself its fairly harsh and incredibly drying.

2017 vintage

Allison loved this wine. Very smooth, light and airy

2017 vintage

Medium body, transparent, mature cherry colour with bricky rims, 14% abv. Delicate aroma of blue and red fruits, flowers, wet oak and tobacco background. Rounding palate of sour cherry, plum and juicy acidity following by grippy tannins and long, still fresh finish. Complex but not too rich, elegant and balanced wine. Food friendly, well paring to grilled chicken stuffed by rice. Serve 18ºC - 20ºC. Still requires two hours aeration. Drink now and the next decade.

2013 vintage

Clear brick red with lighter edges. Tart upon pop and pour, but lovely after an hour's decant, and even better with food. The acidity of the wine paired very well with the fattiness of braised short ribs.

2013 vintage

This is drinking so well now. Not the most complex but balanced. Could improve with bottle age or air. Delicious.

2013 vintage

Muted nose and fruit over several hours of decanting. Taste/check/drink over the next few years or now.

2013 vintage

Medium-deep reddish garnet in color. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, blueberries & plums with overtones of dusty/earthy notes & floral notes, some camphor, leather, herbs, spice notes of cloves, minerals, sandalwood & a hint of cedar. Medium-full bodied with a good concentration of balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, blueberries & pomegranate with spices, herbs & minerals. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing but will …

2017 vintage

A light Chianti. A bit dusty with fading fruit. Drink up.

2013 vintage

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2013 vintage

Short decant and into the glass with this BdM. On the nose, ripe red fruit, oak and smoke. Initial sips showed notes of leather, ripe cherry, wild mushrooms and oak. This developed nicely and notes of vanilla, tobacco and pepper came through. Lengthy finish. Med+ bodied, dry, well evolved tannins and great character. This was a true to form BdM and quite enjoyable. For the quality, this is a solid value. Will sip again.

2017 vintage

Really smooth wine. Not much on the nose. Flavors of leather, earth, red fruit.

2013 vintage

Well balanced with woody aromas.

2013 vintage

Has a great finish. I tasted right out of the bottle, then decanted it for 5 hours. It’s smooth on the finish with lots of fruit notes (cherry and plum). I had it with a savory stew would rather drink it alone as it legit lost in the meal.

2017 vintage

Color: Garnet Nose: Cherry, earth Taste: Cherry, anise, cedar This wine is now fully integrated - all flavors blend though it dies feel a bit thin. Has a nice lingering finish. This May be close to the end as the fruit seems to be fading.

2004 vintage

This is my third 2017 BDM, and so far they are nothing great. I decanted my wine, and let it aerate for three hours. The 2017 Castiglion del Bosco needs a whole lot of time. There is a thick layer of tannin, and a thin layer of fruit. I sipped over three evening's and I noticed no improvement. I'm not positive that this wine is going anywhere.

2017 vintage

Medium body, good flavor

2017 vintage

overaged; very harsh bitterness in aftertaste; wound up not drinking

1970 vintage

Really nice sangiovese fruit to it.

2017 vintage

Really enjoyed this one. Thought it had matured really well. Great woody aromas with plenty of rich berry flavours

2013 vintage

Well this is pretty darn good. Stiff but quite fine. '16 was the first vintage 100% organic. The clay soil gives it the fruitiness.

2017 vintage

Well balanced, feminine Brunello di Montalcino, but the vintage was showing its age and probably at its peak. Need to drink them up soon.

2013 vintage

absolutely delicious. a bit strong and alcoholic, but quite ready to drink now. i am looking forward to the second day, since some is still left, because of how strong it was. good stuff. much better than the $10 cheaper paneretta torre a destra at total wine.

2013 vintage

Mediterranean Countries wines, non-BX varieties (chez moi) : see my previous TN

2013 vintage

This was garnet colored, medium bodied, expressive black cherry and black raspberry fruits, notes of toast, leather, tobacco, spice and hints of pepper with a nice balance of acidity and tannins on the long engaging finish. https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2022/01/tuscan-brunello-2013-horizontal-at.html

2013 vintage

This was more balanced on the second day. Flowers, cherries, and earth on the nose. Bright and dynamic on the palate with candied raspberries. It was a bit tannic at first, but then settled down. Leather and strawberry licorice on the finish, with a residue of "charcoal barbecue figs" (quoted from below). I enjoyed this, but part of me wishes I had waited longer to try it.

2013 vintage

Amazing

2004 vintage

Same gorgeousness as before. Even better on the second night. My nephew commented that it was like opening a cedar box of treasures. Indeed.

2013 vintage

The time is NOW!

2004 vintage

Colour showed good aging. Still had power and fullness but with plenty of juicy frost and lovely soft tannins.

2013 vintage

Ruby to brownish red color. Kind of a spicy nose with pepper, leather, tobacco leaf aromas. Taste has a bit of pepper with some underlying cherry and maybe apricot

2013 vintage

Red cherries, fresh and elegant, but primary and tannic. Needs a couple of years to show its full potential.

2013 vintage

Dark cherry and syrup, tobacco. Richly flavoured of sour cherry and blackberry. I like this flavour spectrum now, but tannin is still dry and a little harsh on the finish.

2004 vintage

This has what's been missing in many brunellos I've had lately, weight and oomph. Nice aged profile with cherry and leather.

2004 vintage

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