Gianni Brunelli, Brunello di Montalcino

Decanted for two hours. Earthy and spicy on the nose, with hints of forest floor and dried herbs. The palate shows vibrant cherry, aniseed, and a core of sweet red fruit still very much intact. Elegant and balanced, with fine tannins and good acidity. Drinking beautifully now but has the structure to age further. Delightful.

2015 vintage

This was nice, though felt quite acidic. It might have been the flavours of blood orange and aniseed that punctuated the palate. Still, a lovely bottle and glad I have 5 more. Slow ox for two hours and consumed over a further two.

2015 vintage

2015 Brunello done blind (Cloth, EC1) : Blind. Bright, sweet and vanilla-ish nose, with a touch of aniseed. Polished without being over the top, and approachable. Seemed to work with the vintage's character without being dominated by it. Joint group WOTN (but far from my favourite, even though I enjoyed it).

2015 vintage

Tight when opened. Nice flavor but firm when first drinking. Needs time to open up but then the flavors come through and the finish was softer

2015 vintage

Quite closed and structured on opening so decanted. After a couple of hours the structure relaxed and started to get some aromas of dark fruits, earth and pipe tobacco. Medium bodied, elegant with fresh acidity framed by nicely integrated tannins. Medium length. Probably should have left it in the cellar or given more time in the decanter because felt like there was still more to give by the last glass. I tried the rosso once before and had been a …

2015 vintage

Soft delicate flavours. Retained subtle fruit aromas, paired exceptionally well with porchetta

2015 vintage

Day later from memory. This was in perfect shape, an archetypal expression of Brunello. Dark red fruits, leather, subtle minerality, elegant texture. I have a tendency to drink Brunello too early because my wife loves them and it's hard to keep them around. She spent hours making her incredible beef short ribs and a vegetable lasagna for a dinner party and I can hardly blame her for wanting to drink her favorite wine. This is a reminder to try to …

2015 vintage

Delightful! Let it breathe for an hour before drinking and it opened up more with time in the glass. Lovely nose and intense taste of red fruits, tannins nicely balanced. Still young but drinking well with many years ahead of it.

2015 vintage

Drinking great. Bright red fruit.

2011 vintage

not my cup of tea

2015 vintage

Deep red. Crunchy fruit on nose . Very seductive. Intense palate fruit and structure balanced but very young. Definitely drinkable but a lot more to come.

2015 vintage

Took a while to open up. Not our favorite Brunello but ok with pizza.

2015 vintage

Really good. Can drink now or hold. Just ordered a case. Great value.

2015 vintage

Thought I’d try this having read previous tasting notes. It’s fabulous and much more “open for business” than I was anticipating. I have been drinking lots of Barolo recently so it may be that my tannin tolerance is high but I found this an absolute pleasure to drink. Yes it’s a BIG wine and is dense and brooding but I found the tannin acceptable and particularly with food (Gorgonzola and sourdough toast was all I could muster!) it was really …

2015 vintage

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2015 vintage

overall, an attractively delicate brunello. ruby and transparent in colour. nose is a lovely melange of herbs, earth, tobacco, cherry, and freshly cracked pepper. palate is savoury, cured meat, sour cherry. very good. 91+

2011 vintage

I felt guilty opening this so young, but we're out of town for my better half's birthday and I was relieved to find such a great bottle at the wine store down the street, so... Opened in the morning, poured two hours before tasting. Young, bold, clean violet with just a hint of garnet. Very Tuscan nose of plum, leather, barnyard, pine. Balanced, controlled palate of barely-cooked stone fruit, more black than red, wildflowers, and a slight brackishness that isn't …

2015 vintage

You pop the cork and your neighbor down the street knows its a brunello. Everything a bdm should be. Tart cherry and asphalt and forest floor. Deeper and darker representing the hot but high quality 2015 vintage. Unfortunately it's still too young and has a bit of tannic and mouth puckering characteristics. I see this being a long aged bottle and the quality of others riservas.

2015 vintage

Drunk with Kevin at 67 with an amazing burger. Much more restrained than many Brunellos, despite the hot vintage - this was very elegant, tempering the often OTT Sangiovese and giving it an elegance not often found in Tuscany. Sappy red fruits giving way to fine tannins and acidity. At the start of its long life with plenty more to come

2015 vintage

Medium garnet color. Medium plus body. Youthful. Flavors restrained and somewhat one dimensional at this time. Alcohol is present. The wine does need more time. 2 additional years might be good and it wil be very nice.

2015 vintage

This soulful Brunello, even though still very young, is everything I long for from the appellation and sangiovese. Deep but not opaque ruby, beautiful expressive nose of ripe but sour cherry shot with berries, earth, leather and a graphite mineral spine. Maybe a little tobacco on the edges. Soft and harmonious on the palate but still a sense of coiled energy on the firm finish reflecting its youth. Balanced cherry with cocoa and minerals on the palate. Easy to drink …

2015 vintage

I was expecting much more for a wine that got 100RP in 2016. Unfortunately 2015 is nice but not comparable to 2016.

2015 vintage

Subdued translucent garnet nearly to the rim. Dusty sour cherry on the nose with bosky wood notes underpinned by subtle baking spice and a bit of alcoholic heat. In the mouth it feels closed right now, with a kind of coiled spring effect. Fruit is taut and constrained by grippy though well-integrated and not harsh tannins, with attractive leathery overtones. Net impression is this is still quite young with substantial life ahead once things start to soften and the fruit …

2015 vintage

Thumbs up.

2015 vintage

Restrained, silky, yet savoury style. A bit hollow on the mid palate, doesn't hit Brunello's or producer's usual quality. N: lifted, racy, fresh, tertiary, almost spearmint, crushed graphite, wet iron. Classic sangio nose. P: Dried raspberries, cranberry skin, rose petals, fresh, driven, rusted pennies, but manages to remain silky. Subtle, encroaching tannins that are incredibly fine grained (med+). Lacks either punch or complexity. F: Some well manged heat that turns into freshness on the back palate. Cranberry skin, red apple.

2011 vintage

Quite torn about this one: can't complain about the flavour, but it doesn't transcend its 14.5% abv and, whilst some sips are delicious, others are just a little too soupy; overall, the wine could do with brighter acidity. Attractive plummy fruit, floral aromas, some herbs and smoked meat, and good length, but not particularly drinkable or exciting.

2011 vintage

Garnet color. Medium body. Fragrant nose. Flavors of dark cherry, blueberry, cola, and leather. Bursting with both fruit and tannins. Quite pleasurable now, but has another 10 years ahead of it.

2015 vintage

Classic nose of tart red cherries, mushroom, herbs. Medium weight but good concentration, fruit has nice layering, fine velvety tannins, lots acid. Nice match for our Xmas roast beast. This is objectively quite good in a restrained, balanced style that should appeal to me but while I enjoyed it I found myself unmoved by it, which is usually the case with me and sangiovese.

2015 vintage

Gorgeous flower-driven nose, good fruit, a kiss of bret. Nice integrated structure. Quite drinkable.

2015 vintage

Consumed at Wine Library, Sydney. Decanted. See previous note. Excellent.

2011 vintage

Ruby Red. Nice perfumed complexity on the nose - hints of red and black cherries, earth and some charred oak. Medium to full bodied, high acidity providing vibrancy, with noticeable but softened tannins. Has a nice elegant intensity with a long finish. Excellent.

2011 vintage

The wine is clear pale ruby in the glass. The nose is clean with medium intensity of aromas showing bright red fruit (cherry, raspberry, cranberry), oak (nutmeg, some resinous character, smoke) and bottle age (leather, wet leaves). The wine is developing. The wine is dry with high acidity, high fine-grained tannins, high alcohol, medium (+) body, medium length and medium flavor intensity showing notes of ripe red fruit (strawberry, cherry, raspberry), oak (nutmeg) and bottle age (leather, wet leaves). The …

2011 vintage

Fine Wines SG - Italian Varietal Wine Dinner - Nebbiolo, Sangiovese, Corvina, Aglianico, Nerello Mascalese (Porters Restaurant & Bar) : Pretty fleshy while the acid seems lessened, mostly of blackberry and raspberry

2011 vintage

Nice freshness. Excellent balance. Nice red berry fruit on the palate very smooth. A hint of oak. Long finish

2011 vintage

Bit hot on the nose without much fruit. Better on the palette with red berry fruit. Not much interest but quite pure. I hope for improvement, clearly AG thinks it has potential

2011 vintage

Smells better than it tastes.

2011 vintage

cherry, floral, some wood and spice. very nice indeed.

2011 vintage

Expressive on the nose with floral notes, ripe fruit, spices. On the palate vibrant, good acidity, generous fruit. The tannins are round and rather soft. Very good length. 91-92+

2011 vintage

Slightly alcoholic nose with lovely aromas of roses and other flowers along with meat, black pepper and cedar. Medium bodied with flavors of cherries, wood spice and sage. Structured, tannic and moderately acidic.

2011 vintage

Quite ready. Rusty colour. Medicinal woody and porky notes. Quite acidic. Second day really deteriorated

2011 vintage

Reserved nose. Lovely mouth, very fruity.

2011 vintage

Beautiful nose and solid structure. Dried flowers and roses and with lots of power on the palate. The elegance is just incredible, isn't no? One Italian taster asks. THat is true. Ripe and rich and spicy fruit.

2011 vintage

On the positive side, lovely Brunello aromas of cherries, damp soil, coffee bean and tobacco leaf. But these are very soft and delicate; understated. A good structure on the palate (fresh acidity and grippy tannins) but flavour profile is again quite discreet and underwhelming. Was expecting something more expressive and open. PS: Left half a bottle open, which after two days showed much richer expression. Full, open and rounded, displaying complex aromas of cherry flesh, thistle, dried leaf, cedar. Leaning …

2011 vintage

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