Description
Montosoli is widely considered one of Montalcino’s greatest single-vineyard sites — a north-facing amphitheatre at altitude that consistently produces Brunello of extraordinary elegance and longevity. Le Ragnaie’s Riserva from this cru is precise, mineral and long: dried cherry, violet, iron and a fine-grained, structured finish built for decades. Exceptional.
93 points, Vinous “The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Casanovina Montosoli lifts up with a smoky display of cherries and strawberries, wild herbs and wet stone. It evolves further with time in the glass, adding mineral-laden soil and hints of fresh tobacco. This is a pure, round expression of Montosoli, with a pleasant inner sweetness and staining red fruits, but it then turns more savory and silty toward the close. It tapers off potent and long, with a web of fine tannins that coat the cheeks, as hints of balsamic spice slowly taper off. Give this feisty expression of the 2017 vintage a few years of cellaring to come fully into focus.”
