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Date Printed: 5/23/2013
Terralsole Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2001
Terralsole Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2001
 (search item no. 91216)
collectible wine

Wine Spectator rating: 95 points
PRICE ON 5/23/2013: $44.99

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2004 Wine Spectator rating: 96 points
2004 Wine Enthusiast rating: 92 points

Winemaker's Notes:

 "Shows beautiful aromas of crushed raspberry, cherry, vanilla and Indian spices. Full-bodied, with ultrasilky tannins and a long, long finish. Fantastic. This is relatively new producer is doing things. Best after 2010."
-Wine Spectator
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About Terralsole:

 Mario and Athena Bollag are the owners of Terralsole. She is a musician from San Francisco and he was born in Switzerland and trained as a lawyer. They both fell in love with Tuscany and each other and started Terralsole in 1997, planting two vineyards with a total of 15 acres. These two vineyards, Vigna Pian Bollolino and Vigna Fonte Lattaia are located in different terroirs of Montalcino so that the blending of the wine takes on a wonderful complexity. All grapes are hand picked and only the best clusters are used for this wine which spends a total of 24 months in barrel before bottling and another 6 months in bottle resting in their cool cellar before being released.