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BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 DOCG
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer BANFI
Faintly ambering deep brick red colour. Fairly intense, sandalwood-tinged, baked ripe plum-apple nose with some slight cedar notes. Dry, medium bodied, slightly spicy, ripe plum-cherry-apple flavours with a gently complex, lingering, slightly savoury, high acid, sandalwood-tinged finish. Ready-to-drink. This REPEAT has 14% alcohol and 4 g/L residual sugar. The 2012 (**+) was last released on September 30, 2017 at $29.95. CSPC 175091
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Aut Win
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Rating **+(89 points)
Ripe, Tangy, Intense
LCBO Text Status
TASTING NOTE: A textbook Brunello, mingling cherry and berry fruit with bitter almond, iron, sanguine and tobacco notes. Well-structured and harmonious, this should rein in the tannins with a few years of aging. Best from 2020 through 2033. Score - 93 (Bruce Sanderson, winespectator.com, June 15, 2017) Price $ 29.95
Bottle Size 375 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - June 9, 2018
Cases bought 149 (12 bottles per case)

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Score:    - Not Presented   * Below Average   *+ OK   ** Good    **+ Excellent    *** Outstanding ***+ Exceptional

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