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2017 Brunello di Montalcino, Lisini, Tuscany, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Sangiovese
Ready - youthful
James Suckling
92/100
Eric Guido
93/100
Product: 20171100772
2017 Brunello di Montalcino, Lisini, Tuscany, Italy

Description

Low-yielding old vines yielded stunning quality at harvest, allowing for extended maceration – giving depth, texture and complexity. Maturation for 36 months helped reduce oak sweetness and maintain freshness. The heady and perfumed nose offers blood orange, cigar box, black cherry and rose tea. The palate is opulent, seductive and fresh, with stony grip and a long, mineral finish.

Drink 2023 - 2032

Davy Zyw, Senior Wine Buyer, Berry Bros & Rudd (Feb 2022)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer Lisini, Tuscany

Critics reviews

James Suckling 92/100
A warm and chewy 2017 with plum, walnut and berry character and hints of coffee. It’s full and tannic, but remains soft and attractive. A couple of years will soften this. Try after 2024.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (November 2021)
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Nov 2021)
Eric Guido 93/100
The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino is wild and spunky, presenting a mix of sweet rose and raspberry contrasted by savory herbs, hints of sawdust and white pepper. There are depths of tart red berries, spices and minerals on the palate, drenching the senses in primary concentration, yet zesty acids maintain notable balance. A coating of fine tannins lingers through the long, structured finale, along with echoes of violet, blueberry skins and licorice. There is simply so much going on in this glass, but it has the balance to improve through medium-term cellaring. Drink 2024-2029.eric_guido, Vinous.com.com (December 2021)
Eric Guido, Vinous.com (Dec 2021)

About this wine

Sangiovese

A black grape widely grown in Central Italy and the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano as well as being the sole permitted grape for the famed Brunello di Montalcino.
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Lisini, Tuscany

The history of Lisini dates to the time of the Medicis. This is one of Montalcino’s oldest estates, and a founding member of the Corsorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino. Lisini is one of the few producers in Sant’Angelo in Colle, in the south-west of Montalcino. The proximity here to Maremma gives maritime breezes warding against summer heat, which is especially important in as hot and dry a year as 2017. Thick woodland, olive groves and wild scrubs surround the 25 hectares under vine – a rural haven of the region’s finest terroir. An ancient river system sculpted the area, and with it the complex soils in Lisini’s vineyards. Fossil laced sand, clay and iron-rich soils, paired with altitudes of 300-400 metres, all play a leading role in the unique personality of Lisini’s wines.
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