Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 2017

The Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 2017 has a bright full red colour. Redcurrant, red cherry, violet, sweet spices, and orange zest are very prominent on the nose. The 2017 is not in the quite sweet and fleshy style this bottling is famous for, but suave and very well delineated, with the orange peel note providing inner-palate lift. The wine closes very clean with excellent length.

"This is one of my all-time favorite Brunellos, and although personal tastes are fluid and may change from time to time, there is something timeless and solid about this wine. It's like a touchstone. The Casanova di Neri 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova is graced with a similar interlude of elegant rose or crushed flower that we saw in the annata wine. It appears more prominently here, and with more shape and focused intensity. Make no mistake, Giacomo Neri builds wines for pleasure and sensual impact, and this wine (helped by a hot growing season and 15% alcohol) ticks all those boxes. But it also shows floral elegance and sour cherry freshness that defies our expectations of the vintage." - RP, 96 points