Scopetone Brunello di Montalcino 2014

92 pts Vinous

Bright red. Perfumed, penetrating aromas of sour red cherry, coffee, flint and wild herbs. Then at once savory and sweet, with a strong mineral overlay to the red fruit and spicy herb flavors. Finishes saline and vibrant. Another lovely Brunello from Scopetone, one of Montalcino’s most underrated producers.

James Suckling

Delicate and fine with cherry, light cedar and orange-peel aromas and flavors. Light body. Fresh finish. Drink now.

Wine Advocate

The 2014 Brunello di Montalcino lacks primary fruit, but the wine does deliver dried fruit aromas with cigar ash, licorice and campfire ash. It ages in Slavonian oak casks for 24 months, and although this would be considered little oak use by Brunello standards, you do clearly taste oak-driven smoke and spice. The wine is lean and compact on the close. Some 2,800 bottles were made.