Vigna del Fiore 2020 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Fattoria dei Barbi
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Vintage: 2020
Varietal: 100% Sangiovese
Appellation: Brunello di Montalcino
Drinking Window: 2026-2056
Alcohol Content: 14.5% Vol
Scores (if you care about): 95/100 Monica Larner, Robertparker.com
Varietal: 100% Sangiovese
Appellation: Brunello di Montalcino
Drinking Window: 2026-2056
Alcohol Content: 14.5% Vol
Scores (if you care about): 95/100 Monica Larner, Robertparker.com
Tasting Notes & Reviews:
2020 Vintage
The Fattoria dei Barbi 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Fiore adds an extra layer of aromatic intensity compared to the village release. The wine is redolent of forest berry, sour cherry and blue flower. The bouquet remains a little closed initially. This is a wine that will certainly benefit from cellar aging. Some 10,000 bottles were created.
95/100, Monica Larner, Nov 2024
2019 Vintage
The Fattoria dei Barbi 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Fiore is a darker and more concentrated expression with plum, cooked cherry, balsam herb, cola, pressed blue flower and toasted spice. Compared to the village bottling, this wine takes the intensity up a notch and offers lots of textured richness. There is a clear chalkiness to the tannins. The score gap between this bottle and the classic Brunello does not meet the price point difference (which is almost double for the Vigna del Fiore). However, with only 4,000 bottles made, this wine will prove more challenging to locate.
96/100, Monica Larner, Nov 2024
Juicy and expressive nose of crushed tomatoes, potpourri, and red plums with some coffee and cedar. Full-bodied with solid tannins and balanced acidity. Orange aftertaste. Savory and complex. Fascinating now but will go even further after 2028. 94/100 James Suckling, Sept 2023
2013 Vintage
"The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Fiore is a superb wine from an estate that boasts some of the most prized pedigree in Montalcino. This wine made me so happy to taste. Its various elements of spice, dark fruit and textural fortitude come together with seamless precision. Of course, you get that bright acidity on the close that keeps the palate ready for the next sip. These characteristics bode well for its future cellar longevity. The winemaking style is classic and contemporary at once. Only 4,000 bottles were produced." 95/100, Monica Larner, Robertparker.com, Mar 2018
"Aromas of wild berry, leather, rose and tobacco leaf come together in the glass. The polished full-bodied palate doles out crushed raspberry, Morello cherry and star anise set against taut fine-grained tannins. Give this time to fully develop. Drink 2023–2033." 94/100 Kerin O'Keefe, Wine Enthusiast, May 2018
"A superb wine for the mellow and complex, concentrated palate, this has a very impressive dark-cherry and earthy core. Spiced leather and sweet and rich red- and dark-cherry fruits roll into the finish. Great wine. Try from 2022." 93/100 James Suckling, Sep 2018
"Rich, bursting with cherry, plum, spice and chocolate flavors. Accents of tobacco and leather seep in at the edges as this winds down on the long finish. Dense and powerful. Best from 2022 through 2036." 93/100, WineSpectator.com Jun 2028
"Medium red with a hint of amber at the rim. Deep, perfumed nose of red cherry, cedar and violet. Enters juicy and round, displaying outstanding sweetness to the red fruit flavors, then more austere, with a noteworthy tannic spine providing backbone but also suppressing the fruit somewhat on the long, clean, flinty back end. This will really benefit from a good five or six years of cellaring – at least." 92+/100, Ian D'Agata, Vinous, Apr 2018
2020 Vintage
The Fattoria dei Barbi 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Fiore adds an extra layer of aromatic intensity compared to the village release. The wine is redolent of forest berry, sour cherry and blue flower. The bouquet remains a little closed initially. This is a wine that will certainly benefit from cellar aging. Some 10,000 bottles were created.
95/100, Monica Larner, Nov 2024
2019 Vintage
The Fattoria dei Barbi 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Fiore is a darker and more concentrated expression with plum, cooked cherry, balsam herb, cola, pressed blue flower and toasted spice. Compared to the village bottling, this wine takes the intensity up a notch and offers lots of textured richness. There is a clear chalkiness to the tannins. The score gap between this bottle and the classic Brunello does not meet the price point difference (which is almost double for the Vigna del Fiore). However, with only 4,000 bottles made, this wine will prove more challenging to locate.
96/100, Monica Larner, Nov 2024
Juicy and expressive nose of crushed tomatoes, potpourri, and red plums with some coffee and cedar. Full-bodied with solid tannins and balanced acidity. Orange aftertaste. Savory and complex. Fascinating now but will go even further after 2028. 94/100 James Suckling, Sept 2023
2013 Vintage
"The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Fiore is a superb wine from an estate that boasts some of the most prized pedigree in Montalcino. This wine made me so happy to taste. Its various elements of spice, dark fruit and textural fortitude come together with seamless precision. Of course, you get that bright acidity on the close that keeps the palate ready for the next sip. These characteristics bode well for its future cellar longevity. The winemaking style is classic and contemporary at once. Only 4,000 bottles were produced." 95/100, Monica Larner, Robertparker.com, Mar 2018
"Aromas of wild berry, leather, rose and tobacco leaf come together in the glass. The polished full-bodied palate doles out crushed raspberry, Morello cherry and star anise set against taut fine-grained tannins. Give this time to fully develop. Drink 2023–2033." 94/100 Kerin O'Keefe, Wine Enthusiast, May 2018
"A superb wine for the mellow and complex, concentrated palate, this has a very impressive dark-cherry and earthy core. Spiced leather and sweet and rich red- and dark-cherry fruits roll into the finish. Great wine. Try from 2022." 93/100 James Suckling, Sep 2018
"Rich, bursting with cherry, plum, spice and chocolate flavors. Accents of tobacco and leather seep in at the edges as this winds down on the long finish. Dense and powerful. Best from 2022 through 2036." 93/100, WineSpectator.com Jun 2028
"Medium red with a hint of amber at the rim. Deep, perfumed nose of red cherry, cedar and violet. Enters juicy and round, displaying outstanding sweetness to the red fruit flavors, then more austere, with a noteworthy tannic spine providing backbone but also suppressing the fruit somewhat on the long, clean, flinty back end. This will really benefit from a good five or six years of cellaring – at least." 92+/100, Ian D'Agata, Vinous, Apr 2018