Mocali Brunello Di Montalcino Vigna Delle Raunate 2001

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Wine Spectator 93 points
Wine Advocate 91 points

SKU: 15262
Size: 750ml


List Price: $52.99

Sale Price: $43.99

Review:

Amazing fresh fruit in this wine with masses of crushed raspberry, as well as vanilla cream. Full-bodied, with big velvety tannins and a long, berry-filled finish. Layered. Big and juicy. Give it time. Best after 2009. 500 cases made. –JS

The single-vineyard 2001 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna delle Raunate is darker and weightier than the normal bottling, with powerful suggestions of scorched earth and tar on the nose followed by plenty of dark, backward fruit interwoven with toasted oak and chocolate flavors. It shows greater concentration and length on the palate in a more modern and authoritative style. My guess is that it has the stuffing to last a little longer than the Brunello and it will require some cellaring to absorb the oak that is present today. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2021.

The Mocali estate, acquired by the Ciacci family (distant relations to Ciacci Piccolomini) in the 1950s, is a setting of natural Tuscan beauty where vineyards and olive groves alternate with oak and pine forests. This harmony of man and nature comes through in the delicious, ripe and balanced wines produced here, available at prices that are incredibly low when compared to those of the more established producers of Montalcino. The wines are particularly approachable when young, well-structured with ample body and an elegant, minerally character distinct to this growing area.