In Bond Fine Wine. 2017 Il Marroneto Brunello di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy. Red italy - tuscany in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (ML). Drinking window: 2024–2040. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Monica Larner (ML) — 95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 17/02/2022 · Drink 2024-2040
Alessandro Mori's Il Marroneto 2017 Brunello di Montalcino opens to a very distinguished and unique character that makes this wine easy to recognize in a lineup of Brunello. This hot and dry growing season made for more powerful aromas and sometimes riper flavors in the appellation, generally speaking. But this magically lean-bodied wine follows its own path, and the warmth of the summer seems to…
Eric Guido (EG) — 93/100 · Vinous, 01/12/2021 · Drink 2024-2031
The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino wafts up with vibrancy and spunk, showing woodland berries and herbs with crushed wet stone and undergrowth in an incredibly fresh and lively expression. It's soft and pliant upon entry, enveloping with its saturating raspberry fruits and inner spice, as mineral tension builds, giving way to sweet, elegant tannins and inner florals. The 2017 shows a more slender ye…