Casanova di Neri 2018 "Tenuta Nouva" Brunello di Montalcino

98 Points - limited                                     One of the top-scoring Brunellos from the great 2015 vintage. Limited.96+ Points Robert Parker: "This is one of my all-time favorite Brunellos, and although personal tastes are fluid and may change from time to time, there is something timeless and solid about this wine. It's like a touchstone. The Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova is graced with a similar interlude of elegant rose or crushed flower that we saw in the annata wine. It appears more prominently here, and with more shape and focused intensity. Make no mistake, Giacomo Neri builds wines for pleasure and sensual impact, and this wine (helped by a hot growing season and 15% alcohol) ticks all those boxes. But it also shows floral elegance and sour cherry freshness that defies our expectations of the vintage." Giacomo Neri and his family have crafted a wine that impresses from the first sip forward (especially when the wine is given ample time to open)