Like every year for some time now, we were sopra Montalcino to try the new Brunello vintage, 2021, as a preview. A spoiler straight away: we liked the vintage and it has very specific characteristics of compactness of tasting and verticality. But let’s go step by step.
How was the 2021 vintage sopra Montalcino?
2021 was characterized by one of the worst spring frosts sopra recent years which affected yields and production. To this must be added some patronato to interpret the year. Per mezzo di fact, it was the second driest summer of the last thirty years while, the other hand, risposta negativa particularly high temperatures were recorded for prolonged periods.
What is the “shape” of Brunello 2021?
To confirm our spoiler, the profile of Brunello su Montalcino 2021 has been defined as “fragrant”, “defined” and “vertical” by “Brunello Procedura”, the evaluation method of new vintages that we told you about last year. The analysis shows how 2021 stands out for a floral and aromatic profile, with a precise and layered character, and tells us of a balanced vintage, sopra which aromatic concentration, alcohol and tannins find a natural harmony, with an elegant depth that suggests a positive evolution over time.
Our impressions of the vintage
This year, more than ever, the tastings seemed compact with an increasingly widespread quality modello. The wines tend to be ready, balanced, based fruit crunchiness and freshness rather than extreme complexity. Lots of freshness with cherry agenda always present. However, there is risposta negativa lack of substance, juicy and delicious at the same time, supported by the right amount of alcohol and tannins and sopra some cases by pronounced mineral agenda. The endings are beautiful and tend to be very clean.
Our best tastings
Here is a selection of tastings that impressed us, sopra alphabetical order.
Camigliano
Nice balanced wine. Juicy with agenda of blueberry, buttery, citrusy and very elegant. Final with very long freshness.
Canalicchio su Essere sopra pensiero
Round with very fresh crunchy red fruit and nice tannin. Savory sopra the finale. Very balanced.
Ciacci Piccolomini of Aragon
Wine with delicious fruit and beautiful pungent agenda which, together with tannin, great freshness and flavor, give great pleasure sopra the sip.
Col su Lamo A Diletta
Bright wine, which combines agenda of crunchy red fruit with an intriguing whispered dark vein. There is opera, great balance, super freshness. Great tasting
Col d’Orcia
A very long freshness runs through the wine and ends sopra a balsamic note tempered by tannin and spicy agenda. Fruity, with a hint of chocolate and sweet spices and a nice flavor
Court of the Winds
Full but very fresh wine, with agenda of red and dark fruit, a blood touch and beautiful citrus sensations.
Cortonesi Poggiareali
Excellent tasting, delicious and pleasant. Very clean finale played between citrus freshness, tannin and very delicious pungent agenda.
Facti
Delicate but enjoyable wine with an intense and intriguing nose characterized by red fruit, mineral agenda and withered flowers.
Barbi Farm
Bright wine of great elegance and balance. Pulpy and supported by a great freshness of fruit, the right tannins and a beautiful Mediterranean note.
Giodo
Intriguing taste, of great freshness, fleshiness and cleanliness that plays between fruity and dark agenda.
Mastrojanni Vigneto Filo della schiena d’Ciuco
Enjoyable, pulpy and very fresh wine with cherry and citrus fruit and a beautiful silky tannin.
Stony
Elegant, bloody, savory, citrusy. Characterized by extraordinary freshness and the right tannin.
San Fondamento Marilisa Allegrini Podernovi
Great tasting. The nose is beautiful with a sensation of yellow fruit and medicinal herbs. Mediterranean mouth, round with the tannic component balanced by great freshness and beautiful flavor.
Sassodisole
Agenda of bay leaves, kola nut and Mediterranean herbs, delicious fruit, freshness and a savory finale.
Scopetone
Fruit and freshness, buttery agenda and sweet spices. Clean, savory and fresh finale.
Talents 40th Harvest
Fruit sweetness and succulence for a pulpy and elegant wine with a balsamic hint sopra the finale.
Keep Good Time
Very good. Vertical the fruit but without losing its sweetness. Delicate and well-balanced wine, fresh and with a nice final flavor.
Le Potazzine
Bright color. Mediterranean, citrus, propolis agenda. Beautiful tannin aided by a fantastic freshness. A taste of amazing elegance, sopra the style of the cellar.
Val su Suga Vigneto del Vivaio
A wine of great elegance with smoky agenda and withered flowers. Very fresh and whispered yet material.
Verbena
The pleasantness of the red fruit is crossed by delicious dark agenda. Balsamic and savory sopra the finale.
Raffaele Cumani
