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La Fornace
Origini Brunello di Montalcino
Montalcino · Italy·Vintage 2018
Tasting note
Good deep red. Clean aromas of red fruits and minty blackberry. Fresh and juicy, conveying a solid spice character and more flesh and depth than the classic Brunello, but these two are essentially very similar wines. Finishes with a slight youthful dryness. 94 points Wine Spectator.
The wine
- Grape
- Sangiovese 100%
- Style
- Red
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Fabio Giannetti
The producer
La Fornace
Montalcino, TuscanyFounded 1964approx. 7 ha of vineyardagricola-lafornace.it
La Fornace sits on the site of a 1490 brick kiln about 3 km north-east of Montalcino at roughly 400 m. The Giannetti family worked the land as sharecroppers until grandfather Giuseppe bought it in 1964; commercial bottling began with Rosso di Montalcino in 1987 and Brunello in 1988. Fabio Giannetti has run the small family estate since 1998, producing around 18,000 bottles a year from about 7 hectares.