2015 Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino
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2015 Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino: Intense ruby red tending to garnet. Aromas of leather, tobacco, berries, and spices. Flavors of juicy cherry and red currant, very persistent, fresh, lively finish due to the acidity. Free Case Shipping Use Code – SAVE –
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2015 Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino
2015 Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino – 97 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate Andrea Cortonesi of Uccelliera shows real talent when it comes to highlighting vintage variation in his wines. His 2015 Brunello di Montalcino captures the exuberance and the ebullience of this sunny and warm growing season. However, the wine remains orderly, precise, and very elegant nonetheless, with a pretty succession of aromas that play cautiously forward, building in intensity along the way. Dried currant and cherry cede to moist earth, rose petal, and balsam herb. The wine’s medium-weight body is supported by fresh acidity and well-managed tannins (with 36 months of oak aging). All of these moving pieces work in harmony.
96 Vinous: The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino opens with an alluring bouquet that showcases dark red fruits, sweet florals, dusty earth, and a hint of animal musk. On the palate, I find a soft, enveloping expression, displaying ripe red and black fruits, which seem to hover on the senses, as a mix of spices, saline-minerals, and zesty acids saturate the senses. The finish is long, spicy, yet also wonderfully fresh, with hints of fine tannin gently tugging at the senses. The 2015 Uccelliera Brunello is already so easy to like, making good use of the sunny nature of the vintage, yet with all the raw ingredients for medium-term cellaring. Tasted twice with consistent results. Drinking window: 2022 – 2036
95 James Suckling: in Uccelliera Brunello Plenty of earth, tar, spices, dried cherries, and red plums here. The tannins have a firm but generous quality to them, providing an abundance of structure to the full-bodied palate. I love the juxtaposition between ripe fruit and tightly webbed texture. Drink from 2023.
95 Wine Spectator: Uccelliera Brunello 2015 Savory notes of loamy earth, wild herbs, woodsy underbrush, and salt augment the cherry and strawberry fruit in this firmly structured red. Balanced and juicy, with terrific complexity and length. Best from 2022 through 2040.
90 Wine Enthusiast: Forest-floor, leather, camphor, and dried rose aromas mingle with a whiff of vanilla and French oak. The brawny palate offers dried cherry, licorice, and the heat of evident alcohol while firm, close-grained tannins leave a drying finish.
The Uccelliera from Brunello di Montalcino estate was at once part of neighboring Ciacci Piccolomini until 1986 when winemaker Andrea Cortonesi purchased it from his friends and former employers. After refining his trade as cellar master for Ciacci, Andrea ventured out on his own with the formation of Uccelliera. His first vintage was 1991 with the production of a mere 500 bottles!
The wines have quickly become cult favorites amongst the cognoscenti. Tucked away in the southeast corner of the appellation in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, the soil here is loose and stony which when coupled with a warm microclimate gives the wines of Uccelliera a rich and ripe expression, vintage after vintage. Two hectares adjacent to Ciacci’s famous ‘Pianrosso’ vineyard was recently added to this boutique estate, bringing the total to a mere six hectares. Andrea Cortonesi is tireless in his approach to winemaking, with all vineyard work done exclusively by hand.
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