Tassi - Brunello di Montalcino DOCG - Cru Giuseppe - 2019

Brunello di Montalcino Cru from Tassi with high ratings by wine journalists

Ruby red wine with garnet-like glints. The wine captivates with its intense aromatic scents, beautiful red fruit tones, cherry, berries and herbs. In the mouth the wine is stylish, elegant, full, intense and rich, beautifully balanced and with beautiful rounded tannins, a refined acidity and a wonderfully long lasting aftertaste.

The grapes come from a part of the Tassi vineyard, planted in 1999 and covering 2.8 ha. The vines are on the highest part of the vineyard. The vineyard is located in the southern part of the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Castelnuovo dell'Abate. The vineyard is at an altitude of 240 meters and has a south-west exposure. The soil is clay-loam with rock with magnesium, iron manganese.

The grapes are picked by hand from the end of August to mid-September. They are then carefully selected for quality and gently pressed. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in non-vitrified cement vats. This process takes about 15-20 days. The wine is further matured in medium-sized oak barrels of 30hl to 40 hl for a period of 36 months. The wine is then bottled and refined for a few more months in the cellars of the domain.

Brunello di Montalcino from Tassi wine/food combination perfect with game dishes or hard, aged cheeses.

About Tassi:
Founded in 1965. The company has a total of 5 ha of vineyards all in the southern part of the Brunello DOCG. At the moment Fabio Tassi is the third generation. In addition to his wine company, he also has a large wine shop in the Castello of Montalcino and several catering establishments.

Robert Parker 97/100 points

The organic Tassi 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Giuseppe Tassi has a dusty quality with petrichor and crushed stone. Those mineral tones frame a core of wild cherry, redcurrant, small forest berries, grilled herb and pressed blue flower. Tassi kicks it out of the ballpark with this very refined and elegant Brunello. The tannins are almost glossy or polished in a delicate, tactile manner.

James Suckling 93/100 points

Attractive fruit character with ripe berries and plums as well as notes of spices, coffee beans and sandalwood. It's broad on the palate with a medium to full body and a very fine texture to its tannins that in the end results in a chalky, chewy feeling. Even and long with walnut and cedar notes at the very end. From organically grown grapes. Better from 2026.