Country: Italy / Ugolforte
Variety: Sangiovese Grosso Tuscany
Winery: Tenuta San Giorgio / Brunello di Montalcino
This is a ripe and plump Brunello that could use two or three years of cellar aging to allow the oak notes to fully integrate. The quality of the fruit is excellent—cherry, blackberry and currants abound. Immediately behind those aromas, however, is loads of spice, smoke and tar. Drink after 2012.