Situated on the north, cooler side of Montalcino, Il Marroneto is owned by the gregarious Alessandro Mori who makes three wines from his 9 hectares of vineyards: – Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, and Brunello di Montalcino ‘Madonna della Grazie’. The Madonna is a single vineyard bottling (just 5000 bottles in total production). Alessandro is a staunch traditionalist, believing Brunello should always be age-worthy and full of energy, supported by a hallmark vein of acidity. As Antonio Galloni puts it,“Il Marroneto might be the single most important yet under-the-radar estate in all of Montalcino… the wines are simply fabulous”.
This delicate, supple Rosso displays all the hallmarks of Il Marroneto’s elegance with its gentle, approachable charm. Soft, raspberry fruit creates an immediately enticing, perfumed aroma accompanied by pretty pot-pourri and fresh violet-inflected scents. The texture is graceful with a bright crunchy acidity – a wonderful, immediately appealing wine at great value for money. An excellent introduction to this leading...
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A late vintage with a long period of ripening, 2014 presented us with wines that generate a great amount of pleasure. Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia 2014 has a ruby color of medium intensity. On the nose it develops fresh crisp fruit aromas underpinned by fine notes of spice. The palate is of medium weight with notes of red berry fruit....
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‘2015 was one those years that every winemaker dreams of having at least once in his career. The balanced season with a warm and sunny summer, but with a cool, dry weather during the harvest produced wines that perfectly denotethe seasonal trend. Rarely do we find a perfect balance between the various components of the wine, from the deep...
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This is a very attractive and aromatic wine with vibrant blackberry fruit characters mingled with crushed flowers, wild herbs and a bright balsamic note. The palate is elegant and silky textured with a lovely freshness and fine length. A wine which is delicious from release, it also offers incredible value. Anticipated maturity 2016 to 2020.
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This delicate, supple Rosso displays all the hallmarks of Il Marroneto’s elegance with its gentle, approachable charm. Soft, raspberry fruit creates an immediately enticing, perfumed aroma accompanied by pretty pot-pourri and fresh violet-inflected scents. The texture is graceful with a bright crunchy acidity – a wonderful, immediately appealing wine at great value for money. An excellent introduction to this leading...
moreBottle 75cl £25.00
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Bottle 75cl £69.60
The wines of Il Marroneto are some of the most elegant and age-worthy Brunellos in Montalcino, demonstrating extraordinary breeding and grace.
Giuseppe Mori, a lawyer, bought the small estate just beneath Montalcino’s northern gate in 1974. At first, winemaking was solely a pastime for the family, but in 1994 his son Alessandro, gave up his own law career to make Brunello full-time. The estate’s name derives from a central tower that was once used to dry chestnuts (castagne or ‘marroni’ in Italian), long a source of flour in Italy.
The gregarious Alessandro is a self-proclaimed traditionalist who crafts classic Brunellos in his modest cellar. From his 9 hectares he makes three wines – Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino and Brunello di Montalcino ‘Madonna delle Grazie’. The Madonna is a single vineyard bottling (just 5000 bottles in total production), named after the 11th century church just next to the property. In the best years, Alessandro bottles the vineyard separately and this stunning wine has an enticingly floral bouquet in its youth evolving into leather and tobacco with age.
As can be expected from classically crafted Brunellos made from vines at this altitude (400m), Il Marroneto’s wines are characterised by high acidity and mineral tones. Alessandro is adamant about keeping his winemaking as simple as possible and, as such, the wines are aged in large old French and Slavonian oak barrels. As Ian d’Agata explains (Vinous Media), “you’ll be hard-pressed to find more vibrant, precise and pure examples of monovarietal Sangiovese anywhere in Italy.”
