Fuligni’s Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2013 is the estate’s top Brunello, produced only in strong vintages and built around a traditional, long-aging approach. The Fuligni family has been in Montalcino since the property’s founding in 1923, and the vineyards—about 14 hectares on the eastern slopes—sit at roughly 380–450 meters on galestro and rocky soils. This Riserva is 100% Sangiovese, with fruit drawn from older parcels; Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate notes it comes from “20-year-old vines” and reports production of “some 12,000 bottles.”

Aging is extended: the winery indicates around five years total élevage, including about three and a half years in oak cask. Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner describes a “very classic blueprint that prizes delicate primary fruit freshness, fully integrated tannins (nudged forward by Slavonian oak casks) and bright acidity,” adding that the wine is “impeccably balanced and radiant” with the “DNA to assure a graceful aging future.” That’s an excellent review, and it aligns with the wine’s positioning as a cellar candidate.

Several critics land in similarly high territory. Wine Enthusiast’s Kerin O’Keefe (96 points, excellent) highlights lifted aromatics—“rose, wild berry, camphor”—and calls it “radiant and loaded with finesse,” pointing to “fine-grained tannins and vibrant acidity” and a 2021–2035 window. Vinous’ Eric Guido (96 points, excellent) emphasizes the wine’s evolution in the glass, from “mint leaf and dried strawberry” toward “black cherry” and savory complexity, calling it “a model of purity” with “textures of pure silk,” and forecasting “a decade or more” of positive development.

James Suckling (96 points, excellent) underscores its power and layering, citing “very intense aromas of ripe dark fruit with plums and cherries” and tannins that “build in impressive layers.” Wine Spectator’s Bruce Sanderson (93 points) frames it as “dense” and “muscular,” with cherry, currant, tobacco and iron, recommending patience: “Best from 2022 through 2040.”