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Mastrojanni Vigna Loreto Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2020 1,5L

Mastrojanni Vigna Loreto Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2020 1,5L

Organic Italian agriculture IT-BIO-006

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  • 96POINTS The Wine AdvocateRobert Parker
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Food pairings

  • Beef
  • Game
  • Lamb
  • Hard cheese
  • Mushroom dishes

Try it with

  • Bistecca alla Fiorentina
  • Braised beef chuck
  • Game ragout
This Brunello has an intense, ripe cherry fruit carried by beautiful acidity and silky-smooth, ripe tannins, and that makes it a classic companion to rich meat dishes. The tannins are best met by fat and protein, while the fresh acidity cuts through and lifts both braised meat and spiced charcuterie. Do choose dishes with a bit of umami and structure, so the wine's depth and long aftertaste have something to play off. The ripe tannins and the warm fruit also handle dishes with spices and tobacco notes that mirror the wine's aromatics.

Taste profile

Product details

Country Italien
Region Toscana
Vintage 2020
Grapes Sangiovese
Bottle size 150 cl
Alcohol 15,0%
Cork type Kork

About the wine

Vigna Loreta - named after one of Mastrojanni's two estates in Montalcino.

Vigna Loreto is the single vineyard where Mastrojanni year after year creates one of their most elegant and complex interpretations of Brunello. Here in the 2020 vintage, Sangiovese shows itself from its finest side – intense, yet precise, with a remarkable balance between power and finesse.

The color is intense, deep ruby red.

The aroma is appealing with dark cherries, spices, and notes of fresh tobacco.

The taste is intense but lifted by a fine acidity and silky tannins. It carries the ripe fruit with ease, and the aftertaste lingers beautifully.

Best enjoyed in large glasses - and preferably in good company.

It is a wine that already delivers great Brunello enjoyment, but which will certainly also develop beautifully over the next decade or more.

The first vintage was 2007, and only a limited number of bottles are produced each year.

 

The grapes come from the Vigna Loreto vineyard, located at 350 meters altitude with southeast exposure. The soil is of lacustrine origin, composed of clay layers, sandstone, and small conglomerates (a type of sedimentary rock, a kind of natural cement), where larger rock pieces have been cemented together over time by pressure and minerals – a terroir that gives structure and depth to the wine, but also manages to maintain freshness.

Harvested manually from September 14. Fermented in large wooden vats with 25 days of skin contact to extract maximum complexity.

Aged for 36 months in Allier oak barrels followed by six to 6 months in the bottle in Mastrojanni's cellar.

2020 was a dry and warm vintage without extreme temperatures. Larger temperature fluctuations in August provided the grapes with ideal conditions to ripen slowly and harmoniously.

Critic reviews

93Wine Spectator
The core cherry, raspberry and plum flavors are shaded by earth, iron and tobacco in this red. There are dense, dusty tannins underneath, plus a fluid feel until the finish, which is compact and gripping. Best from 2027 through 2043.
96Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate
In the bottle with the yellow wax seal, the Mastrojanni 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Loreto (with 9,500 bottles made) embraces dark fruit nuances of damson plum, mulberry and pomegranate concentrate. This is one of the estate's most beautiful vineyard plots that you can admire as you make your way to the winery entrance. The site is awash in late-morning light. As the bouquet takes on more air, it shows blue flower, grilled rosemary and root beer. The effect is powerful yet nuanced and complex at the same time.
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