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Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Le Chiuse 2021 Brunello di Montalcino is a lovely wine and one of my favorites from a vintage that is not always easy to read. It delivers its message clearly with dark fruit, blue flower, grilled herb and sweet cedar, showing a sense of fullness and aromatic completeness that is not always present in this year. Soft and silky on the palate, the wine offers gentle, powdery tannins supported by good underlying structure, achieving balance without force. Sourced as a special selection from eight hectares of organically farmed vineyards with cool exposures, this bottling demonstrates how site and restraint can successfully interpret variety and vintage. Production is 19,800 bottles.
97 Audrey Frick - jebdunnuck.com
Pouring a bright red hue, the 2021 Brunello Di Montalcino is very youthful at this stage and improves dramatically with air, revealing crushed raspberries, preserved orange, floral perfume, and sweet Mediterranean herbs. The palate is medium-bodied and seamless, with refreshing acidity, salty earth, and pure fruit that carries through the long, focused finish. It’s going to need another year in bottle to come together fully, but it has terrific balance and purity and will be worth the wait. Drink 2027-2050.
95 Wine Spectator
Dark yet supple, this red offers black cherry, blackberry, earth, leather, iron and wild rosemary flavors. Guided by vibrant acidity; with aeration, the tannins are well-integrated. Shows terrific harmony and a long aftertaste. Best from 2027 through 2043. 1,750 cases made, 350 cases imported.
95 Eric Guido - Vinous Media
Dried flowers mix with crushed rocks, grilled herbs and spiced orange peels as the darkly alluring 2021 Brunello di Montalcino smolders up from the glass. The wine is polished in feel, silken and serene with a harmonious mix of tantalizing acidity, minerals and ripe red and black fruits. While tannic, the tannins are round and refined, leaving a classically dry sensation as hints of licorice and cedary spice fade.
