91
Wine Spectator
There's wonderful ripe fruit, tea, tobacco and cedar
aromas. Full-bodied and complex, with chewy yet velvety tannins
and a long, flavorful finish.
Best after 2010. |
91
Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate
The estate’s 2003 Brunello di Montalcino Manachiara
is made in a distinctly riper style, with more overt oak influence.
Notes of jammy dark fruit, chocolate and roasted coffee beans flow
from this super-ripe, masculine wine. It offers a darker profile
and a rounder, texture than the normal bottling, but the tannins
remain somewhat hard and unpolished. Still, this is a pretty, modern-styled
Brunello to drink over the next few years.
Anticipated maturity: 2009-2016. |