Terre Nere Campigli Vallone Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2013
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Brunello di Montalcino Riserva from Terre Nere is produced only in the best vintages. It is a brilliant, deep garnet color and has an excellent elegance at the nose with hints of ripe red fruit, tobacco and enchanting spices. Good harmonize alcohol, elegant and persistent tannin with a long and balanced finish.
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James Suckling
Quite intense menthol and dried-leaf aromas here with dried red plums. The palate delivers a smooth-edged array of fine, succulent tannins that carry a long and smooth-honed feel. Drink or hold.
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PinotReport
The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (with only 3,500 bottles released) offers ripe aromas of summer cherry and blackberry confit. That ripeness adds thickness and heaviness to the bouquet and otherwise takes away from the wine's finest and more detailed nuances. In general, this is a powerful (with 14.5% alcohol that you feel) and determined expression that is more of a boxer than it is a ballerina.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (with only 3,500 bottles released) offers ripe aromas of summer cherry and blackberry confit. That ripeness adds thickness and heaviness to the bouquet and otherwise takes away from the wine's finest and more detailed nuances. In general, this is a powerful (with 14.5% alcohol that you feel) and determined expression that is more of a boxer than it is a ballerina.
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Wine Enthusiast
Aromas of violet, baking spice and Mediterranean brush emerge from the glass. The savory palate offers juicy black cherry, clove and white pepper alongside lithe polished tannins. Drink through 2025.
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Among Italy's elite red grape varieties, Sangiovese has the perfect intersection of bright red fruit and savory earthiness and is responsible for the best red wines of Tuscany. While it is best known as the chief component of Chianti, it is also the main grape in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and reaches the height of its power and intensity in the complex, long-lived Brunello di Montalcino. Somm Secret—Sangiovese doubles under the alias, Nielluccio, on the French island of Corsica where it produces distinctly floral and refreshing reds and rosés.
Famous for its bold, layered and long-lived red, Brunello di Montalcino, the town of Montalcino is about 70 miles south of Florence, and has a warmer and drier climate than that of its neighbor, Chianti. The Sangiovese grape is king here, as it is in Chianti, but Montalcino has its own clone called Brunello.
The Brunello vineyards of Montalcino blanket the rolling hills surrounding the village and fan out at various elevations, creating the potential for Brunello wines expressing different styles. From the valleys, where deeper deposits of clay are found, come wines typically bolder, more concentrated and rich in opulent black fruit. The hillside vineyards produce wines more concentrated in red fruits and floral aromas; these sites reach up to over 1,600 feet and have shallow soils of rocks and shale.
Brunello di Montalcino by law must be aged a minimum of four years, including two years in barrel before realease and once released, typically needs more time in bottle for its drinking potential to be fully reached. The good news is that Montalcino makes a “baby brother” version. The wines called Rosso di Montalcino are often made from younger vines, aged for about a year before release, offer extraordinary values and are ready to drink young.