La Fornace
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La Fornace 2006 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
La Fornace offers the kind of Brunello that will make you wish you bought a second bottle. It opens with a bright and cheerful bouquet shaped by various shadings of black fruit and exotic spice. In the mouth, it is still tight and firm so give it a few more years of bottle aging.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
La Fornace 2006 Riserva Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
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- $130
This Brunello opens with floral notes of pressed red rose and clay soil. Bright fruit, blackberry, leather and tobacco aromas are framed by firm tannins.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
La Fornace 2007 Riserva Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $75
Oak flavors of spice and vanilla are not completely integrated in this young wine, but they are well on their way to finding optimal balance. Luscious dark cherry, wet earth, cured meat, black pepper and clove give the wine a savory, exotic appeal. Give it two or three more years.
— M.L.
(5/1/2013)
La Fornace 2004 Riserva Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $80
Bright cherry and wild berry aromas are enhanced by spice and oak nuances of tobacco and leather. Count on a bright future for this Brunello Riserva as it integrates with more time in the cellar. The wine is compact, fresh and persistent in the mouth.
— M.L.
(10/1/2010)
La Fornace 2007 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $65
This wine displays pretty, feminine aromas and a bright mouthfeel. A polished mineral note follows red berry, cassis and plum. Drying tannins provide ample structure.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
La Fornace 2005 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $55
La Fornace delivers a gorgeous Brunello this year with pristine aromas of blackberry, wet earth, violets, blackberries, cherries and pipe tobacco. The wine is thick and enduring with tight tannins and a long, but slightly sour finish. Drink after 2012.
— M.L.
(10/1/2010)
La Fornace 2008 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
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- $65
An inky dark color sets the stage for this thickly extracted Brunello. Oak-inspired shadings of clove, nutmeg and toast appear at first and are slowly followed by dark cherry, blackberry and currant. Despite all that color and aromatic intensity, the wine seems quite tame and lean in the mouth.
— M.L.
(5/1/2013)
La Fornace 2004 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
La Fornace offers a distinctive Brunello with piquant citrus aromas of orange rind and lemon blossom. There’s plenty of cherry, redwood and spice at the back and the wine tastes, tight, firm and short on the close. It’s an easygoing wine that would pair well with curry or tandoori chicken.
— M.L.
(6/1/2009)
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