Cerbaia Brunello di Montalcino 2015

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Vintage
2015

Size
750ML

ABV
14%

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  • 95
    An opulent Brunello, suggesting glacé cherries, strawberry ice-cream, peppermint tea and dried cloves. Full-bodied and very structured, muscling sturdy layers of tannins and rolling sheets of dark fruit into ironclad balls of flavor and texture. Long and fruit-driven on the finish. Drink from 2024.
  • 93

    This wine reveals a beautifully rich and saturated appearance as it pours from the bottle. The Cerbaia 2015 Brunello di Montalcino offers a pretty presentation of Sangiovese-driven aromas with small berries, underbrush, moist potting soil and blue flowers. All of these aromas are perfectly tied to the variety. In the mouth, Cerbaia's interpretation is lean and crisp with medium weight and a long, silky mouthfeel. It does feel thin on the mid-palate and tapers out to a medium or short finish. Fruit comes from a 4.5-hectare vineyard with Galestro-rich soils. Some 18,000 bottles were released in January 2020.

  • 93

    The small Cerbaia estate boasts 4.5ha of vines on the Montosoli hill. At 400 metres, the northeast-facing site is relatively cool and breezy. As of 2014, Elena Pellagrini has joined her father Fabio, an agronomist who planted the vines here in the late 1970s. She has crafted an impressive 2015, displaying well-defined aromas of fresh red forest berries, violet and liquorice root. The palate is densely packed and tightly wound with grainy tannins but is brightened by crisp acidity and an underlying savoriness. Drinking Window 2022 - 2032

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Cerbaia is a boutique winery dedicated to producing wines from some of the finest vineyards in Montalcino. Its Brunello is the true expression of a unique and distinctive place. The Cerbaia property has belonged to the Pellegrini family since the 1950s, with the family beginning to make wine in the 1970’s. Located on the highly regarded Montosoli Hill, one of the most famous cru of the area, Cerbaia is comprised of a total of 12 hectares of land, 4.5 of which under the Brunello appellation today. These are beautiful, mature vines, located on a rolling northeast-facing hillside, which produces a selected and limited quantity of the highest quality grapes. From the estate vineyards emerge wines which truly represent Montalcino’s authentic terroir. .

In 2014, moved by the passion for wine and the love for her native land, Elena Pellegrini gave up a promising career in corporate finance to devote herself to her family estate. Her efforts are aimed to craft elegant, balanced wines in the traditional Montalcino style, with patience, tenacity and a singular focus on uncompromising standards. Elena also continues to carry on her father Fabio’s conviction to make wine with minimal intervention, committing to sustainable practices in her vineyards and products. Today, the great enologist G.Gorelli consults Elena to produce wines that are the incredibly unique combination of a highly vocated land, a traditional winemaking philosophy and the energy of a young winemaker.

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Among Italy's elite red grape varieties, Sangiovese has the perfect intersection of bright red fruit and savory earthiness and is responsible for the best red wines of Tuscany. While it is best known as the chief component of Chianti, it is also the main grape in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and reaches the height of its power and intensity in the complex, long-lived Brunello di Montalcino. Somm Secret—Sangiovese doubles under the alias, Nielluccio, on the French island of Corsica where it produces distinctly floral and refreshing reds and rosés.

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Famous for its bold, layered and long-lived red, Brunello di Montalcino, the town of Montalcino is about 70 miles south of Florence, and has a warmer and drier climate than that of its neighbor, Chianti. The Sangiovese grape is king here, as it is in Chianti, but Montalcino has its own clone called Brunello.

The Brunello vineyards of Montalcino blanket the rolling hills surrounding the village and fan out at various elevations, creating the potential for Brunello wines expressing different styles. From the valleys, where deeper deposits of clay are found, come wines typically bolder, more concentrated and rich in opulent black fruit. The hillside vineyards produce wines more concentrated in red fruits and floral aromas; these sites reach up to over 1,600 feet and have shallow soils of rocks and shale.

Brunello di Montalcino by law must be aged a minimum of four years, including two years in barrel before realease and once released, typically needs more time in bottle for its drinking potential to be fully reached. The good news is that Montalcino makes a “baby brother” version. The wines called Rosso di Montalcino are often made from younger vines, aged for about a year before release, offer extraordinary values and are ready to drink young.

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