San Filippo Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2019 Red Wine

San Filippo Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2019 

Tuscany, Italy

95 pts. James Suckling:

"Really pretty fruit with pure berries and cherries with flowers. It’s medium-bodied with medium round tannins and a juicy finish. Shows a citrusy undertone to the whole thing with fresh acidity that runs long. Give it two or three years to come together. Better after 2025."

94 pts. Wine Advocate:

"This wine is the equivalent of the village bottling from San Filippo. The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Dei Comunali offers a 360-degree view onto Sangiovese with tangy forest fruit, star anise, white pepper and licorice. The oak aromas take on more prominence given this wine's baritone personality. It offers a solidly constructed finish with hints of roasted coconut or macadamia nut over a spicy mid-weight finish. It unfolds to nice balance."

93 pts. Wine Spectator:

"Hints of vanilla and toasty oak frame the cherry and berry flavors in this suave red. More about finesse than power despite a solid layer of dusty tannins, with iron and tobacco accents lingering on the finish. Best from 2026 through 2040. 1,300 cases made, 600 cases imported."

FROM THE WINERY

The colour is ruby red with a slight tendency to garnet. The perfume is intense and complex, spicy, with dominant notes of Amarena cherry. The olfactory phase continues on the palate. The flavour is full, harmonious and persistent, with dense and silky tannins.

Altitude: from 240 to 300 metres a.s.l.

Type of soil: of Eocene origin, clayey, calcareous with shale

Exposure: north, north-east

Planting density: 4.650 plants/hectare

Training system: unilateral and bilateral cordon spur

Grape variety: Sangiovese Grosso

Rootstock: 110 R and 420 A

Harvesting period: first ten days of October

Grape yield per hectare: 7 tons per hectare

Vinification: Fermentation in stainless steel at controlled temperature

Maceration: 2 days at 10°C - 10/12 days at 26/28°C

Malolactic fermentation: in vats of cement, stainless steel and wood

Ageing: 24/28 months in barrels

Refinement in the bottle: 10 months

Bottles produced: 13,000

Alc: 14%