2020 Brunello di Montalcino
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Bright red in color, the 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino is inviting and pure with aromas of ripe red cherries, fresh Mediterranean herbs, dried lavender, and roses. Medium-bodied, it's inviting all the way throughout, with fine tannins, refreshing acidity, and a clean, orange citrus-noted finish, with gently tapering length. If it hasn't gone up in price, it's still one of the better values in the region. Highly consistent. Drink 2025-2040.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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In the bottle with the green label and proprietor Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini's signature in gold, the Caparzo 2020 Brunello di Montalcino offers a lot of fresh fruit with cherry and redcurrant at the front. This vintage succeeds at bringing us a very elegant and streamlined style. The aromas take on more volume with time, adding hints of blue flower, rose and toasted coriander seed. It finishes with lean consistency, silky tannins and medium length. This is an ample release of 160,000 bottles, and I see this wine for sale all over the place in Italy.
Mid ruby with orange tinges. Quite a bit of concentrated cherry on the nose, but less massive on the palate than the nose would have it. Juicy, sweet, round cherry-fruit palate that is a tad simple, if not without appeal. Completely ready now. (WS)
A bright red with firm, integrated tannins that provide length and focus. It’s medium-bodied with citrus and berry character and excellent length. I like it now, but give it two or three years to show its full potential. Same quality as 2019? Best after 2027.