Brunello di Montalcino “Vigna Montosoli” DOCG 2021

Valdicava | Tuscany
Valdicava Vincenzo Abbruzzese | Loc. Valdicava | IT 53024 Montalcino

09653121 · 0,75 l · 358,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
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Montosoli is a plateau to the north of Montalcino – one of the few sites in the appellation to which producers from different houses refer when they want to name the best of their terroir. A name like a silent agreement among those who know: This is where the soil speaks most clearly. The high proportion of silt in this special subsoil gives the Sangiovese Grosso a minerality, transparency and freshness that can hardly be found in this form in any other part of Montalcino. And at the heart of this plateau lies the Vigna Montosoli of Valdicava. Vincenzo Abbruzzese has treated this parcel differently from the very beginning – harvested separately, vinified separately, vinified separately. Vigna Montosoli is Valdicava's youngest single vineyard and also its flagship: the 2019 first vintage immediately received 100 points from James Suckling, one of only two perfect Brunellos from this exceptional vintage. The message was clear.

2021 began with a rainy spring that built up water reserves – followed by frosts on 7, 8 and 15 April, which destroyed a third of the harvest in some vineyards. Warm May, long dry summer, no rain in September. The grapes that survived focussed on what they had. Intense, clear ruby red colour. Initially closed on the nose, then with patience: dried violets, cedar, clove, orange-coloured spices, lavender, chalk smoke and wild strawberry – complex, evolving, with a stillness that opens up. Silky yet powerful on the palate, with a wave of acidic berries, liquorice and mineral tones framed by crisp, youthful tannins. Finishes with extraordinary length and precision. Drinking window: 2030 and far beyond. SUPERIORE.DE