Tenuta Luce

Seit Debutjahrgang 2003 einer der besten Brunello der modernen Machart. Hell strahlendes Rubinrot und ein Bouquet von zarter Vanille, etwas Röstaromen und getrockneten Rosinen. Ein wuchtiger Wein, der mit seiner reifen Frucht und Noten von Tabak, dunkler Kirsche und Gewürzen den Liebhaber kräftiger und druckvoller Rotweine verzückt. SUPERIORE.DE

"A modern style, this boasts plenty of new oak, bringing vanilla, toast and resin elements, along with a layer of prickly tannins. Shows ample ripe fruit midpalate, and should integrate in two to three years." Wine Spectator

"The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Luce is packed tight with brightness and sunshine. Compared to the family's other Brunellos made under the Castelgiocondo brand, this wine is more opulent, more concentrated and more modern or contemporary overall. It is designed to appeal to an international audience for sure and most certainly delivers the goods if you are looking for roundness, ripe fruit and thick texture. It is deliciously irresistible with bold cherry, exotic spice and tobacco. That bright acidity on the close will help the wine age carefully over the next 10 years." Robert Parker

"The citrus, dark fruit and leaf aromas are intense. Full body, polished and chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. Extremely structured and beautiful. Needs two or three years to soften." James Suckling

Luce ist die Weinikone des gleichnamigen Guts und Sinnbild für das harmonische Gleichgewicht zwischen der eleganten Struktur des Sangiovese und der Fülle des Merlot. Der Wein vermählt die Tradition und das Terroir der Region Montalcino und die persönliche Interpretation dieses außergewöhnlichen Landstrichs miteinander. Zum 25. Jubiläum wurde eine Sonderflasche kreiert, auf der ein Schriftzug mit einem Gedanken von Vittorio Frescobaldi zu lesen ist, der auf die Werte von Luce verweist: "Hier liegt die Erinnerung an den Weinberg und die Arbeit, an die Erde, die Sonne, den Klang der Zeit und das Lied der Jahreszeiten."

Nahezu undurchdringliches Rubinrot. Das Bouquet anfänglich noch reduktiv und relativ streng, was sich mit zunehmender Belüftung weich und warm mit verführerischem Duft nach reifen Beeren, Tabak und Leder öffnet. Im Geschmack konzentriert, markant und tanninbetont, dabei seidig und vielversprechend am Gaumen. Der Abgang lang und tief mit Anklängen von Kaffee und Vanille. Ein großartiger Blend aus Merlot und Sangiovese mit hohem Potenzial. SUPERIORE.DE

"Dark-berry, walnut, cedar and violet aromas with just a hint of chocolate. Full-bodied, layered and rich with ripe tannins and a vivid finish. Shows energy and a velvety texture. Deep and long. Give it two or three years to soften. Try after 2022." James Suckling

Intensives Rubinrot. Komplexe Aromen schwarzer, reifer Früchte und Lakritze, abgerundet mit Noten von Tabak und Trüffeln. Am Gaumen weich und frisch, von einer beeindruckenden Textur. Samtige Tannine und eine opulente Mundfülle geleiten diesen Wein aus hervorragendem Jahrgang in ein langes und elegantes Finale. Ein köstlicher, modern interpreetierter Brunello voller Persönlichkeit, Helligkeit und Sonnenschein! SUPERIORE.DE

"Glänzendes, sattes Rubingranat. Zeigt in der Nase Noten nach Zwetschke und Brombeere, sehr ansprechend, im Hintergrund nach frischem Leder. In Ansatz und Verlauf satter Druck, öffnet sich mit kernigem Tannin, nach Zwetschken, im Finale etwas hoher Alkohol spürbar." Falstaff

"Tasted blind. Quite deep ruby with narrow orange rim. Immediate and concentrated nose with enormous depth as well as richness. Has bags of everything, and quite a bit of new oak but it’s effortlessly matched by the rich fruit. Perfectly balanced with juicy integrated acidity, and elegant, clinging, long tannins. Very imposing and with potential." Jancis Robinson

"The 2015 vintage registered weather conditions characterised by a crisp and rainy spring that provided the grapevines with the right stimuli and to develop significant water reserves in the subsoil. The excellent temperature ranges in September contributed to the perfect phenolic ripening of the grapes in this warm yet balanced vintage who gave small and sparse clusters. The wine is full of solarity with clear raspberry if not darker wild fruits, with tobacco and roasted nuts aroma and flavors. Firm acidity and grainy, velvety tannins build the full body of the wine with its great suppleness, showing only a bit warming finish." Decanter

"This is one of the icon bottles within the greater portfolio of Frescobaldi wines from Tuscany. The Luce della Vite 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Luce moves over the palate with power and determination (with 15.5% alcohol), imparting ripe fruit flavors of blackberry and candied cherry along the way. This wine shows deep dimension and fiber with a solid core of dark fruit. It lightens up on the palate thanks to that bright acidity and the general quality of the primary fruit flavors obtained in this happy vintage. The tannins are neatly woven into the wine's full-bodied density." Robert Parker

"Big and rich, featuring plum, black cherry, leather and earth aromas and flavors. Ripe and fruity, with dense tannins buried in the flesh. A bit monolithic, yet also fresh and long. All the components are in the right proportions. Best from 2023 through 2040." Wine Spectator

"Amazing aromas of crushed berries, cherries, flowers, black truffles and wet earth, turning to violets and black tea. Extremely aromatic. Full-bodied, deep and profound with fantastically strong tannins that just melt into the wine. Fantastic length and intensity. Truly great. Drinkable, but better in 2024 and onwards." James Suckling

Luce ist die Weinikone des gleichnamigen Guts und Sinnbild für das harmonische Gleichgewicht zwischen der eleganten Struktur des Sangiovese und der Fülle des Merlot. Der Wein vermählt die Tradition und das Terroir der Region Montalcino und die persönliche Interpretation dieses außergewöhnlichen Landstrichs miteinander. Zum 25. Jubiläum wurde eine Sonderflasche kreiert, auf der ein Schriftzug mit einem Gedanken von Vittorio Frescobaldi zu lesen ist, der auf die Werte von Luce verweist: "Hier liegt die Erinnerung an den Weinberg und die Arbeit, an die Erde, die Sonne, den Klang der Zeit und das Lied der Jahreszeiten."

Nahezu undurchdringliches Rubinrot. Das Bouquet anfänglich noch reduktiv und relativ streng, was sich mit zunehmender Belüftung weich und warm mit verführerischem Duft nach reifen Beeren, Tabak und Leder öffnet. Im Geschmack konzentriert, markant und tanninbetont, dabei seidig und vielversprechend am Gaumen. Der Abgang lang und tief mit Anklängen von Kaffee und Vanille. Ein großartiger Blend aus Merlot und Sangiovese mit hohem Potenzial. SUPERIORE.DE

"Dark-berry, walnut, cedar and violet aromas with just a hint of chocolate. Full-bodied, layered and rich with ripe tannins and a vivid finish. Shows energy and a velvety texture. Deep and long. Give it two or three years to soften. Try after 2022." James Suckling

Intensives Rubinrot. Komplexe Aromen schwarzer, reifer Früchte und Lakritze, abgerundet mit Noten von Tabak und Trüffeln. Am Gaumen weich und frisch, von einer beeindruckenden Textur. Samtige Tannine und eine opulente Mundfülle geleiten diesen Wein aus hervorragendem Jahrgang in ein langes und elegantes Finale. Ein köstlicher, modern interpretierter Brunello voller Persönlichkeit, Helligkeit und Sonnenschein! SUPERIORE.DE

"Glänzendes, sattes Rubingranat. Zeigt in der Nase Noten nach Zwetschke und Brombeere, sehr ansprechend, im Hintergrund nach frischem Leder. In Ansatz und Verlauf satter Druck, öffnet sich mit kernigem Tannin, nach Zwetschken, im Finale etwas hoher Alkohol spürbar." Falstaff

"Tasted blind. Quite deep ruby with narrow orange rim. Immediate and concentrated nose with enormous depth as well as richness. Has bags of everything, and quite a bit of new oak but it’s effortlessly matched by the rich fruit. Perfectly balanced with juicy integrated acidity, and elegant, clinging, long tannins. Very imposing and with potential." Jancis Robinson

"The 2015 vintage registered weather conditions characterised by a crisp and rainy spring that provided the grapevines with the right stimuli and to develop significant water reserves in the subsoil. The excellent temperature ranges in September contributed to the perfect phenolic ripening of the grapes in this warm yet balanced vintage who gave small and sparse clusters. The wine is full of solarity with clear raspberry if not darker wild fruits, with tobacco and roasted nuts aroma and flavors. Firm acidity and grainy, velvety tannins build the full body of the wine with its great suppleness, showing only a bit warming finish." Decanter

"This is one of the icon bottles within the greater portfolio of Frescobaldi wines from Tuscany. The Luce della Vite 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Luce moves over the palate with power and determination (with 15.5% alcohol), imparting ripe fruit flavors of blackberry and candied cherry along the way. This wine shows deep dimension and fiber with a solid core of dark fruit. It lightens up on the palate thanks to that bright acidity and the general quality of the primary fruit flavors obtained in this happy vintage. The tannins are neatly woven into the wine's full-bodied density." Robert Parker

"Big and rich, featuring plum, black cherry, leather and earth aromas and flavors. Ripe and fruity, with dense tannins buried in the flesh. A bit monolithic, yet also fresh and long. All the components are in the right proportions. Best from 2023 through 2040." Wine Spectator

"Amazing aromas of crushed berries, cherries, flowers, black truffles and wet earth, turning to violets and black tea. Extremely aromatic. Full-bodied, deep and profound with fantastically strong tannins that just melt into the wine. Fantastic length and intensity. Truly great. Drinkable, but better in 2024 and onwards." James Suckling

Intensives Rubinrot. Komplexe Aromen schwarzer, reifer Früchte und Lakritze, abgerundet mit Noten von Tabak und Trüffeln. Am Gaumen weich und frisch, von einer beeindruckenden Textur. Samtige Tannine und eine opulente Mundfülle geleiten diesen Wein aus hervorragendem Jahrgang in ein langes und elegantes Finale. Ein köstlicher, modern interpretierter Brunello voller Persönlichkeit, Helligkeit und Sonnenschein! SUPERIORE.DE

"Glänzendes, sattes Rubingranat. Zeigt in der Nase Noten nach Zwetschke und Brombeere, sehr ansprechend, im Hintergrund nach frischem Leder. In Ansatz und Verlauf satter Druck, öffnet sich mit kernigem Tannin, nach Zwetschken, im Finale etwas hoher Alkohol spürbar." Falstaff

"Tasted blind. Quite deep ruby with narrow orange rim. Immediate and concentrated nose with enormous depth as well as richness. Has bags of everything, and quite a bit of new oak but it’s effortlessly matched by the rich fruit. Perfectly balanced with juicy integrated acidity, and elegant, clinging, long tannins. Very imposing and with potential." Jancis Robinson

"The 2015 vintage registered weather conditions characterised by a crisp and rainy spring that provided the grapevines with the right stimuli and to develop significant water reserves in the subsoil. The excellent temperature ranges in September contributed to the perfect phenolic ripening of the grapes in this warm yet balanced vintage who gave small and sparse clusters. The wine is full of solarity with clear raspberry if not darker wild fruits, with tobacco and roasted nuts aroma and flavors. Firm acidity and grainy, velvety tannins build the full body of the wine with its great suppleness, showing only a bit warming finish." Decanter

"This is one of the icon bottles within the greater portfolio of Frescobaldi wines from Tuscany. The Luce della Vite 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Luce moves over the palate with power and determination (with 15.5% alcohol), imparting ripe fruit flavors of blackberry and candied cherry along the way. This wine shows deep dimension and fiber with a solid core of dark fruit. It lightens up on the palate thanks to that bright acidity and the general quality of the primary fruit flavors obtained in this happy vintage. The tannins are neatly woven into the wine's full-bodied density." Robert Parker

"Big and rich, featuring plum, black cherry, leather and earth aromas and flavors. Ripe and fruity, with dense tannins buried in the flesh. A bit monolithic, yet also fresh and long. All the components are in the right proportions. Best from 2023 through 2040." Wine Spectator

"Amazing aromas of crushed berries, cherries, flowers, black truffles and wet earth, turning to violets and black tea. Extremely aromatic. Full-bodied, deep and profound with fantastically strong tannins that just melt into the wine. Fantastic length and intensity. Truly great. Drinkable, but better in 2024 and onwards." James Suckling