2016 Le Ragnaie Brunello di Montalcino

Sangiovese Grosso - 750ML
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REVIEWS

WS 96 DC 94 JS 94 JD 94 WA 94 VN 94
WS 96

Wine Spectator, April 2021

A firm, linear style, featuring black cherry, black currant, licorice, iron and spice aromas and flavors. Though firmly structured and compact, there's an energy here and an overall balance that makes this red compelling...
DC 94

Decanter, March 2021

Blended from Le Ragnaie's scattered vineyards, this provides a wide-angle snapshot of Montalcino’s varied territory, violets and Mediterranean scrub meeting wild strawberry, stone and an intriguing earthiness. It also...
JS 94

jamessuckling.com, November 2020

Orange peel scents to the aromas of cherries, mahogany, wet earth and cedar. It’s full-bodied, yet rather tight and reserved with pretty, dusty tannins that are fine-grained. Lots of citrus and red fruit at the end. From...
JD 94

jebdunnuck.com, March 2021

The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is perfumed with high-toned aromatics of fresh rosehip, fresh red cherry, and anise. The palate is crisp and energetic with cherry pit, dried red plum, and fresh tomato leaf, with...
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2020

The only new releases from Le Ragnaie fitted with a white label instead of a black one, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is the most accessible and near-term in the portfolio. This is a very elegant and perfumed expression...
VN 94

Vinous, November 2020

The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino from Le Ragnaie mixes nuances of wild herbs and stone dust with bright notions of strawberry and dried roses. It’s silky and pliant upon entry yet quickly gains tactile depths through salty...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Sangiovese Grosso
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Sub-region Brunello di Montalcino
Vintage 2016
Size 750ML

Le Ragnaie winery extends over 28 hectares in Montalcino in the Tuscan province of Siena. The land is cultivated with both vines and olive groves, grown according to the guidelines for organic agriculture. The vineyards are divided into three distinct parcels of land throughout Montalcino which allows them to produce three diverse terroirs of Brunello: Le Ragnaie, Petroso, and Castelnuovo dell'Abate.

Riccardo and Jennifer Campinoti purchased the Le Ragnaie property with a mix of old vines and younger plantings. The estate spreads across 42 acres, 12 acres of which are in the zone where the cellars are based, Le Ragnaie itself. The vines are the highest of any in Montalcino, some reaching 1,960 feet above sea level, in the south-facing central zone over Soldera di Case Basse. As one of the highest points in the region, it became famous for bird catchers, and in fact the traditional bird catchers' net features on the label as part of the winery's logo. The estate takes its name from the fact that this net looked rather like a spider's web (Ragna, in Italian.)

The fruit for La Ragnaie Brunello di Montalcino hails from three organically farmed vineyards within the Ragnaie estate, which together comprise 50% of the blend. The other two sites are Fornace, which brings richness and suppleness and Petroso, a vineyard next to the famous Soldera, which adds structure and texture to the final assemblage.

The juice sits on its skins for 40 days in concrete fermenters before being racked to 25hL and 50hL Slavonian casks for 36 months of aging. The resulting wine is one that Burgundy and Barolo lovers may fall in love with before many Sangiovese lovers but make no mistake - this is Brunello. The profile is the super-classic mix of sweet red cherries, smoke, tobacco, cedar and wild herbs that lift from the glass in a perfumed, silky Brunello that captures the essence of Sangiovese Grosso.