Il Marroneto Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie 2017

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
98/100 punten
This is one of the icon wines of the appellation. The Il Marroneto 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie shows an elegantly streamlined appearance with shiny ruby highlights. This warm-vintage expression does not have the same vertical lift that we saw in the glorious 2016 edition, but that wine sets the bar very high (and it earned a 100-point score). This vintage is perhaps shapelier and more saturated with rose, wild cherry, peat moss and blood orange. The house style embraces extreme finesse, and you get that here. Alessandro Mori has also expertly managed the tannins, with results that appear silky and almost glossy. Thanks to elevation and soils, this cool growing site north of Montalcino village performs very nicely in the hot vintages such as this.

Decanter
95/100 punten
While Alessandro Mori reports a decrease in production of approximately 13 to 14% in 2017, he did not sacrifice his distinct and exceptional Madonna delle Grazie bottling. This single-vineyard selection is breathtakingly enticing. Autumnal in persona, it conveys wet leaves, smoke and very subtle spice as aromas float from the glass. You feel the warmth in the dried violet and baked brick notes but otherwise it is fresh cherries and red currants that fill the mouth. As elegantly structured as it is eloquent, long lean tannins stretch across the palate of this enigmatically seductive Brunello, finishing with a touch of paprika.

Jancis Robinson
17/20 punten
Youthful mid ruby. Cherry fruit nose with a hint of exotic spice. Elegant, perfumed sour-cherry fruit on the palate framed by long, coating tannins. Very long and fragrant, and a little exotic. (WS)