Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2020 Red Wine

Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2020 

Tuscany, Italy

750 ml

96 pts. Wine Advocate:

"This is a remarkable Brunello from a COVID-19 vintage that launched many curveballs at producers. The Castello Romitorio 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is noticeably a step above its peers thanks to its seamless mouthfeel, its bright fruit concentration and its balanced freshness. It ages in oak for 24 months, and the grapes are picked from a site with cool clay soils. The finish is soft and polished. If you were to buy one village Brunello from the accessible 2020 vintage, let me direct your attention to this wine."

94 pts. Wine Independent:

"The nose of the 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is led by candied orange peel, hazelnuts, fresh leather, sour cherry, and toasty oak. Nicely tuned on the palate, it has polished and well-extracted tannins, open-knit acidity, and a medium long spicy finish."

FROM THE WINERY

The Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino is our flagship wine and reflects more than 30 years of working in harmony with nature in Montalcino. The estate has new and old vineyards of Sangiovese at high altitudes in the northwest of Montalcino. The Sangiovese grapes are carefully harvested and selected by hand on the sorting table before and after destemming.

Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks with an initial short period of cold maceration (below 20°C) on the skins for about 15-20 hours. This is followed by up to 20 days of maceration at a higher controlled temperature. Malolactic fermentation that is naturally caused then lasts for about 10 days, before the wine is rested to separate the lees.

The wine matures in oak for approximately 24 months, and after bottling the wine is aged in Castello Romitorio’s temperature-controlled cellars until release.