Le Potazzine 2020 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

Le Potazzine 2020 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

Item Number: 21974

UPC: 8-032551192882

Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Sub Region: Montalcino
Appellation/AVA: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2020
Grape(s): 100% Sangiovese
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 13.5
Viticulture: Certified Organic
Soil Type: Gallestro

Winemaking Notes: The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is a faithful and refined expression of Le Potazzine’s traditional philosophy—pure Sangiovese, high-altitude vineyards, and patient, hands-off winemaking. Harvest is manual. Fermentation is spontaneous and long, lasting about 40 days. The fermentation tanks are not temperature controlled. Pump overs are done daily. After malolactic fermentation, the wine matures for 42 months in large Slavonian oak (technically by law qualifies as a Riserva) before being bottled unfiltered.

Tasting Notes: The nose is precise and floral, offering clean notes of violet, wild cherry, and subtle spice. On the palate, sapid tannins with a saline edge combine with the vintage’s vibrant acidity to create a wine of elegance, tension, and unmistakable traditional character.

Reviews

  • Vinous
    Rating: 96+ (11/26/2024)

    The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is cool-toned and graceful in character, with layers of white smoke, sweet sage, cinnamon sticks, stone dust and dried black cherries forming its seductive bouquet. This is a total pleasure on the palate, soft, round, nearly creamy in feel, yet fresh, with masses of ripe wild berry fruits underscored by saline minerals and a sweet herbal tinge toward the close. Despite the vintage character, this sports classically grippy tannins and admirable concentration, finishing dramatically long and hauntingly dark. As is often the case, Le Potazzine does a fantastic job in warm vintages.

  • The Wine Advocate
    Rating: 95 (11/21/2024)
    The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is a very elegant expression with tart berry aromas backed by pulverized stone, light spice and hints of pressed violet. This is a pretty style of Sangiovese realized by Gigliola Giannetti and her lovely daughters in an area of the appellation that always delivers freshness, bright fruit flavors and lower alcohol, measured here at 13.5% (even in the warmest seasons). This vintage is poised for medium-term drinking, and this gives it a friendly or accessible side.
  • Vinous
    Rating: 97 (11/20/2025)

    The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino has evolved beautifully over the last year, with a darkly alluring bouquet of flowery underbrush, worn leather, and sage giving way to crushed strawberries and autumnal spice. It impresses with its silken depths offset by a wave of tart red berry fruits and brisk acidity as crunchy mineral tones add contrast toward the close. Its sneaky tannins come in late, staining and potent, as nuances of lavender linger through the youthfully structured finale. This is easily one of the wines of the vintage. Pure beauty.