2016 Mocali - Brunello di Montalcino
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Mid ruby with orange tinges. Soft, concentrated and round nose with a hint of wiener sausages. Tangy, juicy cherry fruit with lots of grainy tannins, but without a lot of complexity. Seems ready now. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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The Mocali 2016 Brunello di Montalcino offers good value in a great vintage. I don't think you'll find this level of Brunello quality at this price from any other producer in the appellation. This expression shows soft and dark fruit with plum, black cherry, balsam herb and dried lavender flower. The vines are harvested from a site with Galestro and gravel soils, and you get plenty of Sangiovese purity in this wine.
The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is a pretty and fruit-forward expression of the vintage. Ripe strawberry and cherry waft up from the glass, complemented by notes of mint and a hint of pine. It’s soft and focused on purity with a charming inner sweetness, cooling acids and minerals. Although nuanced and feminine, and finishing quite fresh, there’s still enough underlying tannin to carry the 2016 Mocali through medium-term cellaring.