Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino 2010

Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy

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Product Details

Varietal

Sangiovese

Region

Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy

Producer

Le Chiuse

Vintage

2010

Size

750ML

ABV

14%

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

"Le Chiuse" Brunello is a clear wine, bright garnet red in colour. It has an intense persistent fragrance, pure and full-bodied. Various fragrances can be recognize, from forest fruits to light vanilla. To the taste the wine is snooth and elegant, dry with an excellent persistent of aroma. It ages well, improving with time. It should be served at a temperature of 18-20°C, the bottle having been left in a warm place for at least 24 hours and uncorked several hours before serving. Every vintage has its own determining caracteristics and features. In the best vintages, 20% of the production is seat to age in our cellars for a further year thereby becoming "Reserve".

Professional Ratings

95 James Suckling
A rich and intense wine with blueberry, lemon and sliced mushroom character. Mahogany and cedar undertones. Full body, firm tannins and a juicy finish. Gorgeous finish.
94 Wine Spectator
Bright and firmly structured, exhibiting cherry, raspberry, floral and tobacco notes. Balanced in a slim profile, with dusty tannins guarding the finish. The aftertaste brings the fruit and structure together. Best from 2018 through 2033.
92 Wine Enthusiast
Red berry, forest floor, grilled herb, tobacco leaf and leather aromas mingle with a balsamic note. The firm palate shows energy and elegance, offering crunchy red berry, savory herb, star anise and graphite. It’s still tightly closed and austere, with bright acidity and youthfully clenched tannins that need time to develop fully. Drink 2020–2030.
91 Wine & Spirits
This feels cool and austere, its brisk tannins and tight acidity framing flavors of cherry and strawberry. Those tannins are edged in notes of dried porcini and cedar but don’t allow much expression at the moment. Give this five years in the cellar, then pair it with roast squab.

Other Vintages

2018

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2017

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95 Decanter
95 Robert
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94 Wine
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93 James
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2016

100 Wine
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100 Jeb
Dunnuck
98 Wine
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97 Robert
Parker
94 James
Suckling

2015

98 Wine
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98 Jeb
Dunnuck
95 James
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95 Wine
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95 Robert
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2014

95 Wine
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93 Robert
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91 James
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2013

100 Wine
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96 Robert
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2012

96 Wine
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94 Wine
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93 James
Suckling
92 Robert
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2011

95 Wine
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92 James
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91 Wine
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2008

92 James
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91 Wine
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90 Wine
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Le Chiuse

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Located in North of Montalcino, the Le Chiuse estate lies on the north-east hillside of Montosoli. Le Chiuse played a key role in the vineyard holdings of the legendary Biondi-Santi family since the late 18th Century when they used these vineyards for their Riserva bottling. Handed down, generation to generation the current owner, Simonetta Valiani is the great granddaughter of Ferruccio Biondi-Santi. Simonetta regained full ownership of the property in 1993 when she decided to produce her own wine under the label “Brunello Le Chiuse” with her husband, Nicolò Magnelli and their son, Lorenzo. Until then, the vineyards were rented to her uncle, Franco Biondi-Santi, still used for their Riserva bottling. Together, the family restored the farmhouse buildings, the chapel, built a new underground-cellar and planted new vineyards with traditional methods necessary to produce classically styled Brunello di Montalcino.

Sangiovese Wine

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Among Italy's elite red grape varieties, Sangiovese has the perfect intersection of bright red fruit and savory earthiness and is responsible for the best red wines of Tuscany. While it is best known as the chief component of Chianti, it is also the main grape in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and reaches the height of its power and intensity in the complex, long-lived Brunello di Montalcino. Somm Secret—Sangiovese doubles under the alias, Nielluccio, on the French island of Corsica where it produces distinctly floral and refreshing reds and rosés.

Montalcino Wine

Tuscany, Italy

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Famous for its bold, layered and long-lived red, Brunello di Montalcino, the town of Montalcino is about 70 miles south of Florence, and has a warmer and drier climate than that of its neighbor, Chianti. The Sangiovese grape is king here, as it is in Chianti, but Montalcino has its own clone called Brunello.

The Brunello vineyards of Montalcino blanket the rolling hills surrounding the village and fan out at various elevations, creating the potential for Brunello wines expressing different styles. From the valleys, where deeper deposits of clay are found, come wines typically bolder, more concentrated and rich in opulent black fruit. The hillside vineyards produce wines more concentrated in red fruits and floral aromas; these sites reach up to over 1,600 feet and have shallow soils of rocks and shale.

Brunello di Montalcino by law must be aged a minimum of four years, including two years in barrel before realease and once released, typically needs more time in bottle for its drinking potential to be fully reached. The good news is that Montalcino makes a “baby brother” version. The wines called Rosso di Montalcino are often made from younger vines, aged for about a year before release, offer extraordinary values and are ready to drink young.

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