WINEMAKER NOTES:
Brilliant ruby red in color with aromas of ripe red fruit (strawberries, raspberries), light and freshly smoked spice, anise, heather, and white pepper. Well-structured, large and enveloping, with slightly green tannins, closed but very promising.
Perfect for roasted or grilled red meats, game, and venison. Excellent with mature cheeses.
TASTING NOTES:
Blueberry and orange peel with some cedar and nutmeg in the aromas and flavors. Medium to full body with firm and polished tannins and a flavorful finish. Polished and refined, yet structured. Solid wine.
- James Suckling, 95 pts.
Offering a clean and bright fruit profile, the Fattoria dei Barbi 2019 Brunello di Montalcino shows plum, dark cherry and blackberry. The fruit presented in this vintage is fresh, velvety, nicely contoured and still tastes quite primary in nature. This bodes well for the wine's future bottle evolution. The tannins are slightly chalky but supported by rich texture...Great job here.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 pts.
Fresh and lively, this light-bodied red offers flavors of cherry, strawberry, earth and herbs, with crisp tannins emerging on the finish. This is approachable now but should improve with a few more years of age. Drink now through 2038.
- Wine Spectator, 92 pts.
The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino opens with a mentholated freshness, blending savory herbs with wild strawberries and camphor hints. It’s softly textured and supple in feel, more lifted than expected. Crisp red berry fruits cascade throughout and are supported by brisk acidity. This finishes tannic and long, leaving a bitter tinge to linger as hints of licorice fade. I find myself craving a little more flesh on the bone. That said, with maturity should also come more fat that should help to balance the 2019.
- Vinous, 91 pts.
