2012 was one of the smallest vintages in the last ten years in Montalcino. It was a dry and intensely hot growing season, resulting in beautiful and highly concentrated Brunellos like Il Palazzone’s 2012 Brunello di Montalcino. The wine offers the impeccable balance of freshness and purity that aficionados of Brunello di Montalcino have come to love. It displays deep richness and texture laced with ripe black fruit, spice, dried herb, leather, and tobacco. In overall profile, it exhibits a deft combination of elegance and power with a long and pleasing finish, and is an alluring wine that will only improve with some patience.
Il Palazzone, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG (Tuscany, Italy) 2012
By Miranda Franco