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San Filippo, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2012
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Reviewed by: Monica Larner
San Filippo's 2012 Brunello di Montalcino shows a dark garnet and slightly evolved appearance with amber highlights at the rim. Aromas of dark cherry, prune and dried plum lift from the bouquet revealing a juicy core of dark fruit. In the mouth, the wine shows succulence and softness. These characteristics are in line with the hot vintage that produced dark and plump fruit with immediate appeal. What makes this wine interesting are the extra layers of savory spice it provides on the finish. The results are sophisticated and noble, with cigar ash, mahogany and cedar wood.
About the Producer
The modern and functional cellars extend over a covered surface area of over 1,000 m2. They comprise a vinification cellar, an area for refinement and a sector for the bottling, packaging and storage of the wines. The ageing cellar is instead located in the basement of the old farmhouse. On the San Filippo estate naturalness and quality are fundamental concepts. The major commitment starts with the optimal selection at harvesting, estimated with extreme precision by means of analytic monitoring of the grapes themselves. The time between harvesting and crushing is extremely brief. Once the must is produced the fermentation begins within the first eight hours. The maceration continues for about eight days, during which time various operations of punching down and pumping over are performed. Once the fermentation in stainless steel tanks is complete, the wine is transferred to large wooden casks where the malolactic fermentation takes place. After about forty days, the wine is decanted into barriques and oak casks where it is refined for several years. After this long repose, the wine is collected into large casks and prepared for bottling and labelling with the year of vintage.
