San Filippo Le Lucere Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2018 Red Wine

San Filippo Le Lucere Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2018

Tuscany, Italy

95 pts. James Suckling:

"Complex and open already, with aromas of slate, dried rosemary, grilled sage, lemon peel, sour cherries and cardamom. Supple and full-bodied with sleek and fine tannins. I like the olive-stone and herbal undertones. Firmer, mineral finish. Try after 2025."

94 pts. Wine Spectator:

"A supple, delicate version, this red evokes cherry, licorice, white pepper, earth and rose hip flavors. Intense and balanced, with a gossamer texture, building to a chalky sensation on the finish. Best from 2024 through 2040. 1,250 cases made, 500 cases imported."

FROM THE WINERY

The colour is ruby red with reflexes verging on garnet. The perfume is intense, fine and elegant, with notes of cherries preserved in alcohol, enriched with spices redolent of cinnamon and cloves. On the palate it explodes in all its fineness and elegance thanks to the dense and silky tannins. Excellent body that renders the flavour harmonious and persistent. Excellent nose-mouth correspondence.

Altitude: 270/310 metres a.s.l.

Type of soil: of Eocene origin, clayey, calcareous with shale and fossil fragments

Exposure: east and north

Planting density: from around 4.650 to 4.800 plants/hectare

Training system: unilateral cordon spur

Grape variety: Sangiovese Grosso

Rootstock: 420 A, 110 R and 775 P

Harvesting period: first ten days of October

Grape yield per hectare: 6 tons per hectare

Vinification: fermentation in stainless steel at controlled temperature

Maceration: cold pre-maceration 2 days at 10°C - 10/12 days at 26/28°C

Malolactic fermentation: in vats of cement and stainless steel

Ageing: 24/28 months in barrels and barriques

Refinement in the bottle: 10 months

Bottles produced: 15,000

Alcohol: 14%