
2013 La Fortuna Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 60 / 750ml
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4.5 from 3 User Ratings
- 5 Critic Reviews
- Style Red - Bold and Structured
- Grape Variety Sangiovese
- Food Pairing Beef and Venison
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Critic tasting note: (2013 vintage) "Brilliant garnet. Intense and clear nose, initially light on tar and iodine, clarifies quickly, then lots of ripe cherry and raspberry. Shows nice weight on the palate, ripe, dark fruit, pithy, hearty tannin, firm and gripping, fine sweet texture on the finish." - Falstaff
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Highlights
Details
- Producer Notes
- Brunello "La Fortuna" is a wine of great impact and extreme concentration, on the nose impetuous is the fruit, and elegant the balsamic and spicy notes, very corresponding to the terroir, where the power is balanced by the acid/tannic component which allows a beautiful progression and persistence.
- Drinking Window
- 2020 - 2024
- Alcohol ABV
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15%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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Slavonian
- Harvest date
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15 September - 25 September
- Total Production Volume
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25600 Bottles
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Winemaking
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14 days thermoconditioned and uleavened fermentation. Vatting time: 25 days.
- Ageing
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40 months in 25Hl Slavonian oak barrels. 6 months in bottle before the release on the market
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Carbonnade de Boeuf Starter Course
- Beef braised in beer
- Contains: mustard
- Belgian
- Oxtail ravioli Main Course
- Italian
- Lasagne classica Main Course
- Bolognese sauce, mushrooms, tomato and béchamel sauce, finished with Gran Milano cheese
- Contains: beef
- Italian
- Spaghetti puttanesca Main Course
- Tomato, olives, capers, anchovy
- Italian
Details
- Producer Notes
- Brunello "La Fortuna" is a wine of great impact and extreme concentration, on the nose impetuous is the fruit, and elegant the balsamic and spicy notes, very corresponding to the terroir, where the power is balanced by the acid/tannic component which allows a beautiful progression and persistence.
- Drinking Window
- 2020 - 2024
- Alcohol ABV
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15%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Maturation
-
Oaked
- Oak Type
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Slavonian
- Harvest date
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15 September - 25 September
- Total Production Volume
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25600 Bottles
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Winemaking
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14 days thermoconditioned and uleavened fermentation. Vatting time: 25 days.
- Ageing
-
40 months in 25Hl Slavonian oak barrels. 6 months in bottle before the release on the market
Critics Scores & Reviews
(5)User Ratings
(3)Compare vintages
Vintage quality: Excellent
Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep
For Tuscany, the 2013 vintage was superb.
The spring was on the cool side and extremely wet which provided ripe conditions for an unwelcome rise in downy mildew, the heavy rains also delayed budburst. As a result of the twin threats, some producers suffer...
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