2012 Le Potazzine di Gorelli Brunello

The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino is dark and viral in the glass, pulling me close with a display of balsamic-tinged black cherries, sweet foreign spice, lead pencil and plums. It’s soft and round in feel, nicely resolved after ten years of maturation, with an air of tobacco and savory herbs over a core of citrus-tinged red berries. The 2012 communicates wonderful refinement and poise, without being tannic, and leaves nuances of licorice and pomegranate to linger on and on. While I don’t find the structure here for another ten years of positive evolution, that 2012 is in a wonderful place today and in no fear of decline. 94 points