2001 La Serena Brunello di Montalcino

Sangiovese Grosso - 750ML
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REVIEWS

WS 96 WA 92 VN 92
WS 96

Wine Spectator, July 2006

Very ripe aromas of plum, almost prune, with dried flowers and cedar. Full-bodied, soft and velvety with loads of fruit and a long, long finish. Best ever from here. Decadent and seductive. Best after 2008. 200 cases...
WA 92

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2006

The deeply-colored 2001 Brunello di Montalcino from La Serena is an engaging effort. Made in a super-ripe, rich style, it offers plenty of cherries in liqueur, licorice, tobacco, menthol and sweet toasted oak flavors on...
VN 92

Vinous, August 2006

The deeply-colored 2001 Brunello di Montalcino from La Serena is an engaging effort. Made in a super-ripe, rich style, it offers plenty of cherries in liqueur, licorice, tobacco, menthol and sweet toasted oak flavors on...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Sangiovese Grosso
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Sub-region Brunello di Montalcino
Vintage 2001
Size 750ML

The Mantengoli family has owned the La Rasa property in Tuscany since 1933, but it wasn’t until 1988 that Andrea Mantengoli and his brother Marcello became involved in the production of high quality Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino wines. Starting at just 1 hectare of vineyard, the first production of their “La Serena” range was only 2,700 bottles of Brunello. This has since been increased to 30,000 bottles as the organic vineyard has been extended to 8.5 hectares.

The grape harvest for La Serena Brunello normally occurs during the first two weeks of October. When alcoholic and malolactic fermentations are complete, a period of 2 years follows during which the wine matures traditional barrels of 20 hl (and 10% in 225 l barriques).