Querceta Brunello di Montalcino 2001
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A powerful red made from the Brunello grape, the local clone of Sangiovese. Unlike the Chiantis just to the north, Brunello has a bigger flavor, and fuller body due to the warmer Montalcino climate.
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Release Notes:
The grapes for Querceta’s Brunello di Montalcino are hand harvest and fermented slowly for two weeks under temperature control. The wine spends three years maturing in Slavonian oak barrels – a year more than the two year minimum for most Brunellos. The outcome is a textured wine with many complex layers of flavor. Querceta also sells its wines under the Tenuta di Sesta label in Europe, which consistently receives 2 Bicchieri in the Gambero Rosso.
Tasting Notes:
Deep garnet color. Intense, persistent nose of smoke, tobacco, rich fruit, and even coffee. A big, complex, full-bodied wine with elegant fruit flavors of wild cherries and plums. Round and balanced on the palate with good length and smooth tannins that can continue to develop for a decade or more with cellaring. Like most Brunello, it needs time to open – decant and let it breathe before serving with red meat, roasts, strong cheeses or lamb.
Winery:
Querceta is an old farm in the Southern Montalcino, near the Abbey of St. Antimo. Their vineyards rise above the Orcia River in a valley that is protected them from cold... Read more
Region:
Montalcino is a picturesque hilltop town south of Siena in Tuscany. The warm days, and clay stone soil produce powerful red wine from the Brunello grape, the local clone of... Read more
Country:
Overview
Greek settlers first planted vineyards in Italy sometime around 800BC. Since then, wine has been entrenched in the Italian culture, ‘as common as water on the dinner table’. ... Read more
The rolling hills of Montalcino.
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