2015 Brunello Offer #1: 98 & 100 Pt San Filippo Brunello

A ‘FAIRY-TALE VINTAGE’ – James Suckling

“I’m thrilled to kick off our 2015 Brunello offers! 2015 was a stupendous vintage across Italy, and the Super Tuscans that were released over the past few years were some of the best ever. Now it is time for Tuscany’s crown jewels – Brunellos – to take center stage! The excitement about this vintage has been building for a while, and the early press is staggering, with James Suckling calling it a ‘fairy-tale vintage’ and a ‘historical year for Brunello di Montalcino that nobody should miss.’ Mother Nature delivered a perfect growing season, and the producers were ready for it! Many producers feel these are their best wines ever, with terrific depth and balance. This offer is just the beginning; there will be many more wines to come over the next year. We will eventually get every Brunello you have come to love, and then some! Pricing has stayed relatively close to those of the past five vintages, making the 2015 Brunellos some of the greatest values in the wine world. As always, I suggest that you purchase those Brunellos you already know and love; they will be the finest example of Brunello that the estate has produced. Check our website for other 2015 Brunellos... and keep checking, because we’re getting new offers every week!

Our opening offer is from one of the wineries of the vintage, San Filippo, and includes their two exemplary 2015 Brunellos – their 98 point 2015 San Filippo Brunello di Montalcino (only $59.99) and their 100 point 2015 San Filippo Brunello di Montalcino Le Lucére (only $89.99)! We will be getting a few large format bottles (magnums and double magnums) of that 100 point Le Lucére in the spring, but quantities are extremely limited on these large-format bottles. I was fortunate to visit San Filippo in April 2018 and taste with owner Roberto Giannelli. Both wines were breathtaking and yet not complete; I can only imagine how the wines have finished and how they will show for years to come. At this quality and price point, few wines in the world compare.” – Lance Montalto, The Wine House

These wines are expected to arrive in-store in May, 2020

98 Points: “The transparency of fruit to this wine is so pretty with sliced black cherries and orange peel. Fresh and aromatic. Full body. Tight and polished with ultra-fine tannins and an intense and focused finish. A beauty. Drink after 2022.” – James Suckling (October 2019)

FROM THE WINERY

The color is ruby red with a slight tendency to garnet. The perfume is intense and complex, spicy, with dominant notes of Amarena cherry. The olfactory phase continues on the palate. The flavor is full, harmonious and persistent, with dense and silky tannins.

100 Points: “Decadent aromas of ripe fruit, such as plums and peaches with black truffles and porcini mushrooms. Full body, with layers of ripe fruit and round and chewy tannins. Lots of chocolate and fresh mushroom at the finish. A thoroughly terroir-driven red. Try after 2022.” – James Suckling (October 2019)

FROM THE WINERY

The color is ruby red with reflexes verging on garnet. The perfume is intense, fine and elegant, with notes of cherries preserved in alcohol, enriched with spices redolent of cinnamon and cloves. On the palate it explodes in all its fineness and elegance thanks to the dense and silky tannins. Excellent body that renders the flavor harmonious and persistent. Excellent nose-mouth correspondence.

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