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Brunello di Montalcino 2001 – 66 tasting notes

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Jancis Robinson
Friday 19 May 2006
See my overview of Brunello 2001 for more background but basically this collection of wines included all of the following:
 
- some simple, slightly dilute wines, perhaps because vines were too young or selection was not strict enough
 – enormous variation in style, depth of colour and acidity level with about 40 per cent of slightly caricature super-modern wines, presumably because of the variation in picking dates, macerations and, especially, oak regimes
- but also, when the wines were good, some very good wines indeed
 
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