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The Society's Exhibition Brunello di Montalcino 2020

Red Wine from Italy - Central Italy -Tuscany, Umbria

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A beautifully concentrated and layered Brunello, from the charmingly open 2020 vintage, this exudes ripe red berry fruit, wild herbs, and savoury spice, underpinned by juicy acidity and framed by granular, gripping tannins. Sourced from Val di Suga’s three vineyards in Montalcino – 40% from Vigna del Lago in the cooler northeast bringing elegance and freshness in this warm vintage, 30% from Poggio al Granchio in the southeast bringing breadth and an iron-like complexity, and 30% from Vigna Spuntali in the southwest – this is brilliantly balanced and drinking well now. Val di Suga’s style is focused on fruit expression and purity and runs through this wine – a modern interpretation of Brunello. Picking earlier than many producers, they opt for a shorter maceration and a shorter maturation. This has been aged for two years in large Slavonian oak casks, giving the tannins chance to soften while preserving ample fruit character.

£28.00 Bottle

£168.00 Case of 6

Due in on 30/06/25

Code: IT43271

Wine characteristics

Red Wine
Medium-bodied
Sangiovese
75cl
Now to 2030
14% Alcohol
oak used but not v. noticeable
Cork, no capsule
400 g (Empty bottle weight)

Val di Suga

With 55 hectares of vineyards in all the major growing areas of Montalcino, Val di Suga is able to focus on wines that are clear reflections of their terroir, blends that are very much the sum of their excellent parts, and single-vineyard cuvées that reflect the soils and exposures of the sites they come from. Vina del lago (clay), granchio (galestro) and vigna spuntali (sandy soils), while showing their individual characteristics in the single-vineyard wines, provide wonderful blending material for the straight Brunello di Montalcino wine, while also giving something extra to their Rosso di Montalcino, which is the bread and butter of many growers in the region. The estate, under the directorship of Andrea Lonardi, is now part of the Bertani Group and though on paper this looks like a very large concern (and one with broad agricultural interests beyond wine) swallowing a smaller one, the new owners are very much focussed on terroir driven wines and only seek to acquire estates with unique and exceptional vineyards.