It's only wine but I like it

As JS notes, quite mature aromas, with notes of dried fruit, earth and forest. Tasting it reveals a much younger wine, full of red fruits, fine acidity and some still firm tannin. I'll disagree with Mr Szabo and Mr Lawrason, I think this wine will not only will age well, but needs another couple of years to reach its peak. This is a lovely, authetic Brunello, but do decant if drinking now. At $40, this is quite reasonably priced by Brunello standards. Tasted Oct 2012.

mvlwine

Tasted: October 2012

jacol

David Lawrason

This is a dark, ripe mature Brunello with a rich nose of olive, molasses, farm, leather and smoky notes around ripe...

John Szabo, MS

Very mature on the nose, with fruit in the fully dried spectrum, but mostly dominated by old leather, dried leaves...

Livio Sassetti Pertimali Brunello Di Montalcino 2005