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This is how you Brunello.
Magnificent thick suede-like tannin, black tea, new leather, liquorice and dark cherry. It’s medium-bodied, but dense and weighty, positively growls in the glass, fresh and chewy, dried roses and sage, almost dark chocolate rolling on a long and packed finish. Beauty. Drink : 2023 – 2036+
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L’Aietta started in 2001, when I was still in high school. I discovered that the place where I had been going on Sundays with my family and friends to have picnics and barbecues,that had not only olive trees and a few vines, but these vines (more or less 1000 square meters) were officially enrolled to the Consortium register under the name “Brunello”.
That is when I started producing my wine (720 bottles in 2001). I’ve since planted more vines and now I have, (between Montalcino and Brunello), more or less 1 ha. Next year I plan to make 3000 bottles total.
L’Aietta’s vineyards are in two different locations; L’Aietta and Castelnuovo. The first one is terraced with dry walls that are at least a century old.
The vines are cultivated with the Gobelet method and the soil is sandy, facing west. This soil type and training method are all unique for the Montalcino area. Most of the vines were planted in 2004.
Castelnuovo, where I have my other vineyard, is a typical Tuscan vineyard where Sangiovese is cultivated spurred on a hill facing South-East. The wines are elegant and very aromatic. The vines were planted in 2002. Montalcino is a fantastic spot for Sangiovese because here it finds its perfect equilibrium between alcohol, tannins and acidity. This equilibrium leads wines that last for a long time.
I’ve never been ‘certified’ organic but I’ve always tried to work with great respect of my land. This year (2013) will be my first in conversion to certified organic.
My cellar is small, the smallest in Montalcino. I don’t have a lot of fancy equipment to ‘make’ my wines. The secret is to grow beautiful grapes and lots and lots of passion and love. I don’t make wine for money, but because I love making it.
Well, well, well! Every year winemakers (… or their marketing team) around the world tell us it’s the vintage of the decade, maybe even the vintage of the century! Every vintage I make wine I call it the vintage of the year determined to take the P.1.S.S. out of all the marketers!
It’s happened again with the 2015 wines of Brunello. James Suckling Top Italian wine for last your was a Brunello, in fact it was his top wine for the WORLD! Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne 2015. His top 100 wines were dominated by 35 Brunelli! Virtually all were 2015’s with the exception of a couple of Riservas from 2013.
The Rosso di Montalcinos we saw from 2015 certainly support the vintage being a pretty tasty one.
The message is clear BACK THE TRUCK UP!
The 2015 vintage is a historical year for Brunello di Montalcino that nobody should miss. The wines show impressive precision of vivid fruit, fine tannins and freshness in acidity despite their ripeness and richness which makes them some of the most exciting in years.
Winemakers in Montalcino were never better prepared to produce outstanding wines in a year like 2015 with their exactness in their vineyards and cellars from fine-tuned canopy management and crop thinning to optical sorting and soft fermentations. So many wine producers in Montalcino made excellent wines in 2015.
My son Jack and I have tasted 187 2015 Brunellos so far this year and the quality is terrific. We rated about half 95 points or more – classic quality. The wines will be officially available in the market beginning in January 2020. But we wanted to give you a preview of the best Brunellos from the vintage, with some already available on a pre-arrival basis from wine merchants.
“The words for the 2015 vintage are density, tannins and freshness,” says Roberto Guerrini, whose family owns Eredi Fuligni. He made the wine of his lifetime in 2015. We rated it 100 points. “The wines are rich, yet they are fresh at the same time. It is a great year.”
Pressed rose, new leather, dark-skinned berry and truffle aromas emerge from the glass along with a balsamic whiff of camphor. Delicious and supremely elegant, the vibrant, youthfully austere palate shows lovely depth even at this young stage, delivering juicy Marasca cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and baking spice framed in taut, refined tannins. Fresh acidity generates youthful tension. Give it several more years to fully develop. Drink 2025–2035.
Bottle 169/1898. This is how you Brunello.
Magnificent thick suede-like tannin, black tea, new leather, liquorice and dark cherry. It’s medium-bodied, but dense and weighty, positively growls in the glass, fresh and chewy, dried roses and sage, almost dark chocolate rolling on a long and packed finish. Beauty. Drink : 2023 - 2036+
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