2011 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO Collemattoni, Lea & Sandeman

BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO

2011 Collemattoni

Grapes Sangiovese
Colour Red
Origin Italy, Tuscany
Sub-district Brunello di Montalcino
ABV 14.5%

Higher toned nose, some sweetness to the fruit, cherries and raspberry, liquorice, a really attractive, enticing entry. On the palate there is good bite, tightly wound, not as open as the nose, there's a lovely touch of grip, bright acid, dark fruit, spice and liquorice. Ripe tannins to the fore at the moment, this is a very complete very harmonious Brunello from Marcello. L&S (Apr 2016)


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The 2011 Brunello di Montalcino by Collemattoni offers a thick and dark interpretation of Sangiovese. This wine pulls out the smokey and resin-like character of the grape with dark fruit nuances that sit heavily next to exotic spice and wet earth. The wine is rich and savory and these qualities are evermore apparent in the toasty 2011 growing season. The wine is dense in terms of texture, but the tannins are soft. Drink this wine within the next five to ten years, but don't wait longer. Drinking range: 2016 - 2024 Rating: 88 Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (www.robertparker.com) (Aug 2016)

Here is a 2011 with lots of richness yet it remains fresh and bright. Full body, soft and velvety tannins and a flavorful, crisp finish. Clean tannins. Focused style. Drink or hold. Rating: 91 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Feb 2016)

Tasted blind. Youthful, lustrous ruby. Deep strawberry and cherry nose. Gripping tannins framing ripe strawberry fruit. Well built and immediate and with plenty of structure and fruit. Drink: 2016-2028 Rating: 16.5+ Walter Speller, www.jancisrobinson.com (Jan 2016)

Collemattoni

This is a small, 13-hectare estate, spread across the Southwest and Southeast of Montalcino. The winery (and some of these 13 hectares), sits in San Angelo in Colle on the southern side of the hill of Montalcino, nestling above the famous and rather larger Col d'Orcia vineyards (145 hectares). Winemaker Marcello Bucci is making wonderfully good wines which have rapidly increased both in quality and international recognition.

With his new winery now well and truly bedded in Marcello is thriving with the greater control and flexibility he now has - this is an estate going from strength to strength and the wines have a real true imprint of these beautiful rolling hills and Marcello's gentle manner. The wines from these vineyards are fuller and riper perhaps, than Fuligni or Padelletti. However, where there may be less lacy finesse, they more than compensate with indulgent joy, not to mention with their pricing. Collemattoni make some of the best value wines of the region.

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