Thursday, 4 September 2014

A legendary Super-Tuscan to blow your mind



Matthew Jukes, one of the leading wine critics in the United Kingdom, has written an amazing review of our Ombrone 2010 on MoneyWeek 1 August issue:

I enjoyed a lunch with one of my wine heroes, ex-cinematographer turned wine guru Lionel Cousin, the other day.  You may remember that I wrote up his 2008 Ombrone two and a half years ago on this very page.  He kindly opened a vertical tasting of his stellar Brunello di Montalcino (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) and every vintage was sublime.  2008 Ombrone, his staggering Super-Tuscan looked regal, too.  The 2009 Ombrone was darker and deeper and my featured 2010 simply blew my mind.  The Cabernet / Merlot harmony in this magnificent creation is nearly as distinguished as Lionel himself.

Full text here or here.

Matthew's thoughts about the 2008 vintage.