Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2012 San Filippo

San Filippo's 2012 Brunello di Montalcino shows a dark garnet and slightly evolved appearance with amber highlights at the rim. Aromas of dark cherry, prune and dried plum lift from the bouquet revealing a juicy core of dark fruit. In the mouth, the wine shows succulence and softness. These characteristics are in line with the hot vintage that produced dark and plump fruit with immediate appeal. What makes this wine interesting are the extra layers of savory spice it provides on the finish. The results are sophisticated and noble, with cigar ash, mahogany and cedar wood.

A layered and beautiful red with plum, chocolate and hazelnut character. Medium to full body, silky tannins and fresh and intense finish. Solid wine for the vintage. Drink or hold.

An elegant, silky style, featuring wild sage, thyme, leather, cherry and iron aromas and flavors. Reveals a floral hint as this persists on the long finish. Best from 2019 through 2033.

Good bright red. Vibrant high strung, perfumed Brunello with crisp aromas of red berries, minerals and rose lifted by an intriguing note of white pepper. Then more juicy pure red berry flavours in the mouth offering sneaky concentration and insidious sweetness, not to mention mouth-cleansing minerality. This marvellously precise and well balanced Brunello is rather light on its feet, finishing very long and crisp and with a gentle texture. I ove this wine’s purity; this is one of my early candidates for wine of the vintage.