In Bond Fine Wine. 2017 Il Marroneto Brunello Madonna Delle Grazie, Madonna Delle Grazie, Tuscany, Italy. Red italy - tuscany in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 98/100 (ML). Drinking window: 2024–2048. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Monica Larner (ML) — 98/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 17/02/2022 · Drink 2024-2048
This is one of the icon wines of the appellation. The Il Marroneto 2 17 Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie shows an elegantly streamlined appearance with shiny ruby highlights. This warm-vintage expression does not have the same vertical lift that we saw in the glorious 2016 edition, but that wine sets the bar very high (and it earned a 100-point score). This vintage is perhaps shapelier…
Eric Guido (EG) — 96/100 · Vinous, 01/12/2021 · Drink 2024-2034
The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie lights up the senses from the very first moment. Its aromatics alone are worth the price of entry; an exotic, spicy bouquet blends lavender, blood orange and tart raspberries with mentholated herbs, smoke and crushed stone. The textures are unbelievably soft, like liquid velvet, enveloping with mineral-tinged ripe cherries and sweet, sweet spic…