2003 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Fattoria dei Barbi
(6x75cl)
| Product Code: | 23966103 |
| Description: | 2003 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Fattoria dei Barbi |
| Case Size: | 6x75cl |
| Producer: | Fattoria dei Barbi |
| Region: | Montalcino |
| Country: | Italy |
| Alc. By Vol.: | 14 |
Grape Varieties
| 100% | Sangiovese di Toscana |
Food Matching Note:
Brunello di Montalcino is the King of Tuscan wines. It should accompany strongly flavoured meats and game, it is definetely a wine to be contemplated, and such is the perfect partner to accompany a selection of cheeses at the end of a good meal.
Tasting Note:
Brick red in colour with earthy brown edges. The nose is pronounced and complex, offering an entertaining array of red and black berry fruits, spices and oaky aromas. The palate is medium to full bodied with a richly complex middle and an everlasting, elegant finish. The tannic structure that dominated the wine in its youth is beginning to mellow and allow mature, secondary characteristics to show. A stunning wine with enormous appeal.
Vinification Note:
This Riserva of Brunello is made only in the best vintages from Barbi's oldest vineyards in Montalcino. The ageing in barrel and in bottle is longer then the one for the normal Brunello, thus the wine has a deeper concentration and a wider complexity of aromas. The vineyards are planted at an altitude of between 350 and 500m a.s.l. with an exposure to the South East. The vines are planted in a gravely soil with small amounts of clay and alluvial deposits. The harvest took place by hand during the last weekend in September and the first week in October. Ageing is for four years in large Slovenian oak casks and matured in bottle for a further year before release.