2020 Le Ragnaie Brunello di Montalcino

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Monica Larner - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Vintner Riccardo Campinoti says he makes the wines "that I want to drink." The Le Ragnaie house style is classical, prizing transparency and freshness. His 2020 Brunello di Montalcino (with the white label) represents a blend of fruit from across various parcels. The bulk of the blend comes from the vineyards immediately adjacent to the winery at high elevations. It matures in Slavonian oak for 36 months with an extra year in cement. What stands out is the focus and energy of the bouquet with delicate berry and floral notes and even a touch of fresh mint. It boasts a polished texture. Production is 25,100 bottles.

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Michaela Morris - Decanter

Blending lots from sites in the southeastern corner of Montalcino with those of the north, as well as the estate’s high altitude holdings dead centre of the zone, this is Le Ragnaie’s panoramic rendition of the vintage. It is influenced by a house preference to pick early and so highlights freshness and a midweight frame. Pomegranate is nuanced by rose, tobacco and forest floor. Light on its feet with an elegant, linear backbone, this has just the right amount of flesh on its bones.

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Eric Guido - Vinous

The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is impossibly fresh, blending wild strawberries and sweet herbal tones with stone dust and hints of wilted violets. This is a model of purity, soft and round yet focused with ripe wild berry fruits that saturate as saline minerals collect toward the close. It finishes long and staining yet still fresh, leaving a salty flourish and edgy tannins framing the experience.