2009 Donna Olga Brunello di Montalcino

[djewesbury]

Drunk at Vintage Restaurant in Cologne on the 11th of August. The restaurant has a very interesting menu – order a glass of wine for each course and then choose the dishes that are matched with that.

A pinkish figgy colour, with a chestnut core.

AW77 thought that the nose had sour cherry, and a smoky flavour. I wondered whether this was from oak or bottle age. It reminded me of acid cherries.

The lively acid mouth became more peppery in the second glass. A smack of beef and iron and blood behind light fruit – crunchy cherries – begins to become more integrated, but also more peppery. The acid and fruit act together, the finish deliciously dry but not excessively austere, with velvety tannins. Lovely.

The third glass has a distinct barnyard taste lingering behind, the entry having quietened, the mid palate now dominate by pepper.

[AW77]

A light brick red, with a little bit of air the wine smells smoky, with a little bit of sour cherry and a tiny, tiny bit of varnish in the background, medium body, nice acidity, sour cherry and smokiness in the mouth, quite dry, in the aftertaste there is smokiness and a nice acidity, fairly good length (at least 20 seconds), quite a tasty young Brunello