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2004 Solaria Brunello di Montalcino

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94 points Wine Spectator: "Plum, cedar and leather aromas follow through to a full-bodied palate, with a lovely density of ripe fruit and a soft, velvety textured finish. Ripe and beautiful. An opulent wine that opens on the palate. This is the best ever from this estate. Best after 2011." (Web only, 2009) Robert Parker's Wine Advocate has 2004 as the highest rated Tuscan vintage in the last 25 years, and the Wine Spectator says "2004 Brunello di Montalcino - a classic vintage, wonderfully perfumed and majestically refined." K&L's Italian Buyer Greg St.Clair says"The nose is full of dense, ripe, dark fruit with hints of vanilla. On the palate, the wine shows a dense focused richness that seems muscled into line, sort of a half-nelson on the flavors forcing them into a linear nature. The wine carries the shadow of structure and power like it’s a dark visage struggling to bring forth some cavernous fruit beneath. Powerful and somewhat brooding, this wine will need age a bit to ameliorate the tannins and fulfill its powerful potential."

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By: Jeremy Bohrer |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 11/8/2009  | Send Email
Dense, dark and powerful...this is a perfect example of how great 2004 is for Brunello. Beautifully balanced with ripe fruit, herbaciousness and opulence. Delicious!

By: Michael Jordan |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 10/31/2009  | Send Email
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The 2003 Solaria is a Brunello you can drink right away. A very warm year, the 2003 vintage in Brunello is a little riper than usual. The ripeness allows for an early drinking brunello while your 1999, 2001 and 2004 are aging in your cellar.This wine is big, bright full bodied wine with a lovely balnce of blue fruit, tobacco and wood. The wine will age gracefully for the next 5-7 years.

By: Mike Parres |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 10/29/2009  | Send Email
I have known and sold this producer’s wines for many years. Patrizia Cencioni is really a one women operation (she does hire help for harvest) and her philosophy is that great wines start in the vineyard and not in the lab; she is there only to help it along. Patrizia really doesn’t put a thumb print on her wines, she will let the she lets the hills of Montalcino and the Sangiovese speak for themselves. Classis dark and ripe fruit, full-bodied with lots of structure, I would give this a couple hours of decanting if I were to drink this sooner than later and I would enjoy very much! I do have many past vintages in my cellar and a few of the 2004’s will join them.

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Additional Information:

Varietal:

Sangiovese

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Country:

Italy

- Once named Enotria for its abundant vineyards, Italy (thanks to the ancient Greeks and Romans) has had an enormous impact on the wine world. From the shores of Italy, the Romans brought grapes and their winemaking techniques to North Africa, Spain and Portugal, Germany, France, the Danube Valley, the Middle East and even England. Modern Italy, which didn't actually exist as a country until the 1870s, once produced mainly simple, everyday wine. It wasn't until the 1970s that Italy began the change toward quality. The 1980s showed incredible efforts and a lot of experimentation. The 1990s marked the real jump in consistent quality, including excellence in many Region that had been indistinct for ages. The entire Italian peninsula is seeing a winemaking revolution and is now one of the most exciting wine Region in the world. For our entire Italian wine selection, click here. Click for a list of bestselling items from all of Italy.
Sub-Region:

Tuscany

Specific Appellation:

Brunello di Montalcino

- Made from 100% Sangiovese grapes from a specific clone called "Brunello" in the town of Montalcino. Situated in the southwestern part of Tuscany the town of Montalcino sits on a ridge about 400 feet above the Eastern plain. This ridge divides the region into three diverse growing areas. The northeastern part produces wines with brighter fruit, more cherry and high tone notes and somewhat leaner body. The southeastern portion often referred to, as the "Golden Triangle" is the home of Biondi Santi, the family who invented Brunello and championed its production for half a century before anyone else. This region produces wines with rich body, deep ripe cherry to plum fruit with lots of earth and spice. The third portion is the southwesterly facing slope which is the warmest (hence the ripest grapes), consistently producing wines with more breadth and richness. At the turn of this century, there were more than 150 growers who produce the 233,000 cases annually from the 2863 acres inscribed to Brunello.