2010 Brunello di Montalcino Altesino 300 cl.

The 2010 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino is a gorgeous wine which immediately impresses with is wonderful freshness and purity. It instantly releases pretty aromas of sweet red berries and plum which are mixed with spices, licorice, citrus peel and fresh floral. This elegant and classy Brunello is structured around fine silky tannins that are beautifully integrated into the seamless texture that carries on all the way through the pretty finish. This is a remarkable showing from Altesino that will only get better with some additional bottle age. (Best 2017-2029).

Clean and fresh if slightly austere aromas and flavours of red cherry, mint and minerals. Full and rich palate with fleshy fruit flavours, developing cacao and liquorice notes. It's balanced and long, with lots of room for development.

Wonderful decadent aromas of musk, orange peel and plum follow through to a full body, with soft tannins and a long and rich finish. Salty and savory. Layers of gorgeous fruit. Drink or hold.

Altesino's 2010 Brunello di Montalcino stands proud among its peers. No other wine I tasted among the new releases in Montalcino achieves this unique level of aromatic finesse and distinction. The bouquet is almost purely floral in character with a strong emphasis on pressed rose petal, dried violets and potpourri. The fruit tones are less emphatic and include bright cherry and red currant. In the mouth, the wine's compressed texture is accented by fennel seed and licorice. the 2009 vintage had more power and heat, but this version shows elegant restraint.

Altesino's 2010 Brunello di Montalcino is fresh, lively and very nicely balanced throughout. Sweet red berries, mint, sage and cinnamon lift from the glass. The 2010 is effortless and totally delicious today, although the flavors are quite fruit-driven. Readers who are looking for more complexity will want to age the 2010 for at least a few years, but it is already quite appealing, even at this early stage. - Antonio Galloni.

Menthol, leather, pressed flower and woodland berry aromas mingle with a balsamic note. The delineated palate delivers sour red cherry, sage and a note of baking spice alongside youthfully austere but fine-grained tannins and bright acidity. This is more about finesse and balance but it should also develop more complexity over the next few years.

Blommer, ristet kaffe, grafit og krydderurt. Harmonisk mineralsk og kompleks vin med en god længde. Superkøb.

Delikat næse med blomst- og frugtsødme samt strejf af kærnemælk og lakrids. I munden moden rød frugt fint holdt i skak af silkebløde tanniner. Smagningens røverkøb.

Her er muligheden for at erhverve sig en vin, som man kan blære sig med over for vennerne, uden at de har et reelt modspil. Den er lavet på 100 % håndhøstede Sangiovese Grosso druer, der fortrinsvis har udviklet sig i store egetræsfade, hvor en intens smag af frugt ikke forstyrres af garvesyre. En lækkerbisken til lam og vildt.

Så er 2010 årgangen frigivet fra Brunello og den virker lovende. Mørke bær, violer, tobak, mocca og vanilje i smagen. Flot struktur stadig med bindende tanniner. En god syre holder den modne frugt oppe. Fem store stjerner.

Flot Brunello di Montalcino fra super årgang. Animalsk næse og voluminøs og opulent mund med let tanninbid og intensive noter af røg, peber, solbær og brombær. Godt køb til prisen.

Rød farve med lidt brun kant. Intens duft af kirsebær, lidt gran, blomme. Mellemfyldig vin med dejlig frugt og en smag, der har god tørret frugt, lidt stramhed men alligevel runde tanniner. I slutningen markerer fadet sig lidt med noget tørhed, men frugten vinder til sidst! Meget tilgængelig og flot Brunello.