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2020 Le Ragnaie "Vigna Vecchia" Brunello di Montalcino

2020 Le Ragnaie "Vigna Vecchia" Brunello di Montalcino

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Jeb Dunnuck

The 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino Ragnaie V.V. is a cut above the rest in this vintage and really over-delivers, bringing all the best elements of this vintage into rich contrast. Revealing ripe aromatics of kirsch, fresh leather, sweet tobacco, blood orange, and anise, the palate is saturated and pure, with incredible lift while also having notable depth, and it has an incredibly long-lasting finish, with crystalline salty accents. This powerful wine is going to benefit from time in bottle, but it feels as though it's going mature at a very slow rate despite its youthful appeal now. Drink it over the coming 20 years.

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Wine Advocate

This is an outstanding wine from Le Ragnaie. Showing unescapable mineral definition, the 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Ragnaie V. V. sees fruit sourced from the estate's oldest vines, which were planted in 1968 on sandstone soils (with quartz inclusions) at 600 meters above sea level. The bouquet is bright and fragrant, but the wine also has a salty or harder edge that gives it good runway to age and evolve. I love its elegantly built structure. Only 3,800 bottles were made.

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Vinous

The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino V.V. entices with a darkly floral blend of wilted violets and stone dust, giving way to pine shavings, spiced orange peels and crushed blackberries. It's elegant, with silken textures and polished red and black fruits that ride a wave of fresh acidity as violet inner florals amass toward the close. An air of potpourri resonates above a bed of fine-grained tannins as a bitter tinge of citrus-laced blackberry fades slowly. The 2020 V.V. is the most complete and classic wine from Le Ragnaie's lineup this year—in a word, spellbinding.

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Decanter

With candied citrus and ripe dark plum, Le Ragnaie’s old-vine bottling expresses the 50-year-old plot’s warm southwestern exposure more overtly than its fresh, 600-metre altitude – at least on the nose, where wood-driven nuances of vanilla and nutmeg accentuate its ripeness. The palate, however, shows a more savoury side with iron and dusty tobacco. Robustly built, it sports its signature powerful tannins and will need time in the cellar to harmonise. Picked on 1 October, a full two weeks earlier than in 2024.

Notes

Le Ragnaie’s Vigna Vecchia Brunello di Montalcino 2020 is a profound and elegantly structured expression of old-vine Sangiovese, capturing the purity and finesse of high-altitude Montalcino. The nose is captivating and layered, revealing bright red cherry, wild strawberry, and dried rose, intertwined with notes of crushed stone, sweet spice, and balsamic herbs. The palate is precise yet powerful, offering vibrant red fruit, earthy minerality, and finely grained tannins, all carried by racy acidity. A long, ethereal finish lingers with hints of cedar, orange zest, and tobacco.

Product Details

Origin: Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy

Type/Varietal: Sangiovese

SKU: #1839113