Marroneto, Brunello Montalcino Madonna Grazie Vintage:2011 A sleeper of the vintage

A sleeper of the vintage

in particular plum

and as it so often happens

the yields are so low and the vines so exposed that Bachelet says that he always harvests this parcel first)

it should ideally not be opened in the next 10 years

Marroneto, Brunello Montalcino Madonna Grazie Vintage:2011 A sleeper of the vintageThis is one of the icon wines of the appellation. The Il Marroneto 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie shows an elegantly streamlined appearance with shiny ruby highlights. This warm vintage expression does not have the same vertical lift that we saw in the glorious 2016 edition, but that wine sets the bar very high (and it earned a 100 point score). This vintage is perhaps shapelier and more saturated with rose, wild cherry, peat moss