2013 Brunello di Montalcino Fornace
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Dark and rich, with masses of balsamic-tinged black cherries and raspberries lifted by hints of mint, the 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Fornace is impossible to ignore. This marries the vivid fruit of Montalcino's southeast with crunchy minerality and tantalizing acidity. It finishes with incredible length—lightly structured and spicy, with a bump of residual acidity that maintains a fantastic freshness. The 2013 is already entering a pleasurable stage, but it has many years of improvement ahead.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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Le Ragnaie's 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Fornace is a slightly more robust and structured expression. It has a sturdier vinous exoskeleton, so to speak. For this reason, it needs longer to age and will undoubtedly benefit from more years in your cellar. In fact, I tasted this wine several times over the course of many hours and was delighted by the steady and positive evolution it showed. Given time, the wine gives wild berry and earthy tones that come together with encouraging symmetry.
Lustrous mid ruby. A little reductive and stalky on the nose. Embryonic sour-cherry fruit that hesitates to come out. Supple and elegant and with a near perfect balance between tight fruit, energetic acidity and chewy tannins. Plenty of potential class. (WS) (JR)