Scopone, Brunello di Montalcino

Scopone · Tuscany › Brunello di Montalcino › Italy

Red · Sangiovese
Sign in to rate Create your cellar
LWIN 1105142
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
89 /100
Reviews
52
professional

Vintages

No vintages

No vintage-specific entries have been added for this wine.

NV

Community Reviews

37
37
Reviews
88.3
Avg Score
94
Highest
Taster #3524 · Jan 27, 2025
91/100
Served with Carbonarra Pasta as part of a 6 course tasting menu. Decanted 3 hrs and was a crowd favorite...even amount those who didn't really know what they were drinking. Medium dark color with a floral, mineral, and woody nose. Flavors of dried fruits, cherry, cedar and a beefiness that really pulled things together. Balanced tannins and on the bigger side of Brunello's. Medium building finish. No hurry to drink this one.
2007 vintage
Taster #2453 · Dec 29, 2023
89/100
Solid wine, very mineral forward, limited fruit. Tannins very mellow. Very drinkable. Had with cacio e pepe and pinsa. Great value for the price.
2007 vintage
Taster #3524 · May 10, 2021
90/100
Nice well balanced Brunello, but certainly needs 2+ hrs of decanting. Upon popping the cork it was very aromatic and bright, but quickly went a bit flat and boring...until coming back to life a few hours later. No rush on drinking this one.
2007 vintage
Taster #2360 · Dec 7, 2019
90/100
Pretty nice after an hour in the decanter. Perhaps a bit thin, but tasty.
2007 vintage
Taster #8777 · Sep 19, 2019
89/100
Needs 2 hours to open up. Paired with lamb chops. Decent Brunello. Traditional. No rush to drink up.
2007 vintage
Taster #9885 · Jun 16, 2019
Ehhh.....
2007 vintage
Taster #0082 · Jan 27, 2019
91/100
Drinking great right now. Pairing well with marinara and mozzarella. Would definitely buy this again! Drank next to a 2008 and was smoother and less tannins on the finish.
2007 vintage
Taster #1901 · Nov 12, 2018
91/100
Ruby red and color consistent with varietal. Earth notes dominate the nose. Black fruit flavors with some tartness. Approachable, but still not at full maturity.
2007 vintage
Taster #0115 · Aug 28, 2017
91/100
Decant, decant, decant.
2007 vintage
Taster #3524 · Jun 6, 2017
89/100
Medium bodied with pure flavors of strawberry and soft leather. Not huge although put on some weight after 2 hrs of decanting. May improve with more cellaring.
2007 vintage
Taster #3991 · Jan 21, 2017
Additional note, drank very well on day two but was pretty bad on day 3. Kept in refrigerator with a shot of argon from initial pour to day 3.
2007 vintage
Taster #3991 · Jan 19, 2017
89/100
Gave it about 30 min. Nice wine, great mouthfeel, long finish. Good value for the price imo.
2007 vintage
Taster #3880 · Jan 15, 2017
87/100
Decent as it does have the Brunello pedigree, but still too light and simple to amount to much
2007 vintage
Taster #0082 · Nov 5, 2016
89/100
Earthy nose, forrest floor, aging fruit of plums and blackberries. Smooth initial mouthfeel with faded fruit then surprisingly complex finish with mild tannins. Reminded me of a Burgundian Pinot.
2007 vintage
Taster #0262 · Jun 4, 2016
94/100
Thyme, potpourri and clove aromas lead to black cherry, leather and tobacco flavors that linger forever. Great acidity/fruit balance and full-body density. Paired beautifully with lamb kabobs.
2007 vintage
Taster #3280 · May 1, 2016
84/100
In the glass it's a deep ruby, very slight bricking at edge...fast thick legs...nose is earthy, subdued fruit, slight ethanol..... Tongue is acidity, light cherry, leather, drying fine tannins... It's just an ok wine...forgettable wine...
2007 vintage
Taster #7961 · Mar 11, 2016
90/100
Dark ruby color, with a nose of red cherry. The first sip is begins with by a flash of soothing texture and is rapidly replaced by a somewhat grippy and drying tannin and a light sour cherry acidity. The swallow is very dry, with a somewhat mouth stripping tannin and tart acidity. Right now this 9 year old wine is mired in a state not especially delicious, where the best thing to do is to give the wine more time …
2007 vintage
Taster #3991 · Mar 8, 2016
87/100
7 hr decant and still rather harsh. Drinkable but not really great. Let sit overnight and the harshness disappeared but the flavor profile was just adverage. Really could not pick out anything specific. Ok finish. This, at a minimum, needs several more years in a cellar. Perhaps my 2nd blttle will improve with more age but right now I am wishing I had not bought any of the 2010.
2007 vintage
Taster #3959 · Oct 30, 2015
86/100
Very decent. Goes well with food.
2007 vintage
Taster #3499 · Jun 6, 2015
80/100
Tasted over 3 days. Was best (but not good) on day #2. I would not consider purchasing again.
2007 vintage
Taster #3991 · May 25, 2015
90/100
Decanted 4 hours, great nose, flavors of almond and marzipan come to the for front. a little simple but very pleasent to drink and great qpr. I don't think you can ask much more of a wine in this price range.
2007 vintage
Taster #5780 · Feb 21, 2015
Good.Nothing exception, but nice sangiovese.
2007 vintage
Taster #5780 · Aug 8, 2014
Good. Attractive nose. Nice sangiovese characteristics. An enjoyable drinking wine that pairs well with food.
2007 vintage
Taster #6194 · Jun 9, 2014
90/100
Great value wine! Good everyday drinker. Typical of a well made Rosso, great bouquet, top notch fruit good finish. This one really did well after being open for a couple of hours. Will buy again!
2007 vintage
Taster #5780 · Feb 9, 2014
Good. Floral nose. An unexceptional but drinkable sangiovese. Fairly typical varietal characteristics.
2007 vintage
Taster #5769 · Oct 4, 2013
88/100
Tar and smoke on the nose. Very dark fruit on the first taste.
2007 vintage
Taster #3880 · Sep 25, 2013
88/100
Tight is the right word, but also a fairly mellow wine with soft tannins. Maybe it needed more decanting, and 2nd day was a bit better after pump and store overnight, but not getting that much from this yet.
2007 vintage
Taster #7683 · Jun 17, 2013
83/100
The wine looks Brick colored and has Cherry on the nose. It tastes like Sour Cherry, and some spice. The body is Medium. The wine has Narrow texture. The wine finishes Medium. I liked this wine previously but it is now well past it's prime. Luckily it was my last bottle. If you have some I'd suggest drinking it sooner rather than later.
2007 vintage
Taster #5769 · Jun 1, 2013
90/100
One of the best $30 Brunellos I've ever had.
2007 vintage
Taster #1145 · Jan 30, 2013
Classic Brunello but also easy to drink and approachable. Great for New World palettes. Soft fruit, soft tannins, velvety.
2007 vintage
Taster #5769 · Jan 16, 2013
89/100
This needs some time or air. Great (not extraordinary) potential.
2007 vintage
Taster #8777 · Dec 27, 2012
89/100
I opened this about an hour along with a 2007 San Filippo Brunello di Montalcino Le Lucere. I was curious to see how another Brunello from the 2007 vintage was drinking. I have had 3-4 bottles of the Lucere and I wanted to see if the 2007 Scopone was as fruit forward. It is a different wine entirely. The Scopone had a touch of fruit on the nose and was very tight. I held off drinking it for an hour …
2007 vintage
Taster #2976 · Jul 4, 2012
89/100
Nice little italian for the price point (14).
2007 vintage
Taster #3059 · May 9, 2012
79/100
Great nose but other then that it is utterly charmless and incredibly chalky on the finish.
2007 vintage
Taster #4025 · Mar 29, 2012
90/100
good value, over performing at this price point...nice sangiovese, with dulled tannins, the right amount of fruit and acidity...good nose...
2007 vintage
Taster #7344 · Jan 21, 2012
88/100
medium body, nice finish. Would buy again.
2007 vintage
Taster #5416 · Feb 17, 2010
Medium red. Really nice fresh cherry and mineral nose. Very nice fresh balanced flavours and a decent finish. I had this at the Italian house here in Vancouver for the Olympics. This was the only bright spot in the Italian experience. The rest included, snotty people, lot's of please don't touch signs and some Hormel equivilent turkey ham on three day old bread. Way to go Italy.
2007 vintage