Brunello di Montalcino Cru Tassi 2015 (1.5L)

94+ Points, Zachys Buying Team: "A deep and brooding nose that shares it's fruit profile with savory herbs, spice and lavender. The palate is quite generous and full, yet the acid and tannins keep the wine remarkable balanced and help bring the earth elements to life. This is a thrilling effort that will heavily reward with a few years in the cellar. A gorgeous Brunello and a serious value."

94+ Points, Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate: “The Tassi 2015 Brunello di Montalcino offers a beautiful level of purity and clarity that is really quite remarkable. The wine is polished and glossy with lively aromas of wild cherry, forest floor, licorice and pressed violets or lavender. You might also pick up faint tones of potting soil and savory spice, but it all comes in careful moderation. This wine ages in 20-hectoliter oak casks for 30 months. Tassi's Brunello maintains a medium-weight mouthfeel, however the natural freshness and integrated tannins give the wine a much larger footprint on all the senses.” 1/20

93 points, Ian D’ Agata, Vinous: “Good full, deep red. Enticing, complex aromas of red cherry, brown spices, roasted coffee beans, potpourri, rose petal and licorice. Sweet and subtle, with wonderful perfumed inner-mouth intensity of flavors similar to the aromas. Here the tannins are much finer than those of the 2015 Brunello Tassi. The higher acidity provides better finishing lift and length. This outstanding wine is made from a selection of the best grapes grown in some of the highest vineyards the estate owns.” 03/20

96 points, James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com “The aromas are insane with dried flowers and plums. Oyster shell. Such power and depth. Full body. Powerful and layered. Dense and long. Shows richness and structure. Try after 2021, but already gorgeous to drink.” 09/20