Our Brunello di Montalcino 2011 has been selected for the Cité du Vin - the first theme park in the world consecrated to wine, opening today in Bordeaux in presence of French President François Hollande - by a tasting committee led by Michel Rolland and 2007 Best Sommelier of the World Andreas Larsson.
This is the 2011 from Cupano, which is really one of the high-end producers of Brunello di Montalcino. This 2011 has got some evolution already, displaying a very elegant nose and I call this style of Brunello more, let’s say, Burgundian. I always find texture being very silky and rounded and yet powerful at the same time. The nose here is extraordinary, really fine with floral notes of violet rose, tobacco, almost cigar box with a fine spiciness and sweet but still that sour red cherry I associate with the variety. A really good grip on the palate, plenty of really fine tannins in the background, giving a good lift and a very dense texture. Notes of chocolate praline, cocoa powder, sweet red berries, fine spiciness and very long and intense finish. A wine I think it’s still youthful but perfectly drinkable and it certainly does have the capacity for another 10-15 years in a good cellar. A really fine, powerful, silky and refined Brunello di Montalcino
La Cité du Vin will be, since the beginning, the largest cellar of the world, offering more than 800 wines in its wine shop, restaurant and wine bar. A true revolution that will change the mondovino.
