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100 -Falstaff -

100 -Raffaele Vecchione, WinesCritic.com -

Expressive and rich in character, it shows concentration and structure in the notes of red plums, wild strawberries, cedar chunks, mandarin juice, lemon peel, chopped ginger and cracked celery. Wild thyme and marjoram set the secondary scene, but it is the character of fresh cherries, rose petals and grapefruit that delicately but presently bring grace and authenticity to the array. Medium-full body, perfectly ripe tannins of commendable beauty and an honest, subtle, enveloping finish. Exciting in the sip, you want to drink it, drink it and drink it again. Elegance and more elegance, in a wine that achieves perfection. A perfect wine, a divine wine. Better since 2025.

99 -James Suckling -

Aromas of cedar, earth, tree bark, fruit tea, black tea and cherries. Then it turns to fresh and dried flowers. Medium to full body as it grows on the palate with superb fine tannins that run the length of the wine. It’s structured and powerful with great length. The acid, tannin balance is incredible. Very clear and transparent. What a wine. Drinkable but better in three or four years.

98+ -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

When I tasted this wine with its maker, the celebrated enologist Carlo Ferrini, he told me that he put every last drop of love into the 2019 vintage. He believes it is the best wine he has made thus far at his relatively new Giodo project that started in 2009. Indeed, I would rank the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino as high as or even better than the best vintages made at this boutique estate. In my mind, they are 2010, 2016 and now 2019. This wine comes from a three-hectare plot with 19-year-old vines that are cared for obsessively. This amphitheater-shaped parcel called La Poderina is nestled deep within the forest on a steep slope that overlooks Monte Amiata in the distance. The soils are white in color with lots of rocks. This is a wine of depth and dimension, with vibrant energy, elegant balsamic notes and sweetly ripened fruit. The medium fruit weight is balanced against the wine's acidity and fine tannins. It ends with floral notes of violet and iris.

98+ -Jeb Dunnuck -

Tasted for a second time at the estate, and pouring a dark ruby/red color, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino is complex and stunning on opening with continuously unfolding aromas of black raspberries, polished leather, sandalwood, blood orange, and rosemary. Raised in French oak barrels of various size, the palate is equally compelling with outstanding structure and is sustained on the palate for ages, with lush tannins and perfectly ripe acidity. While it is appealing and showing off now, it has tension for days and is exceptional, with a lot of purity, although it never lacks for richness. This is a truly remarkable wine amid a slew of successes in this phenomenal vintage. Drink 2025-2050.

97 -The Wine Independent -

Made from 100% Sangiovese, the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino is medium garnet-purple in color. It soars from the glass with classic notions of dried cherries, tobacco leaf, and ripe redcurrants, followed by wafts of wild sage and crushed rocks. The medium to full-bodied palate shimmers with energetic red berry and mineral-inspired flavors with a racy backbone and grainy tannins, finishing with a real skip in its step.

96 -Wine Enthusiast -

95 -Jane Anson -

Plum with ruby reflections, this is deeply flavourful, suggesting careful extraction giving plenty of damson and sour plum character, fine but plentiful tannins, savoury tobacco and grilled meats, with floral edges, raspberry leaf and turmeric spice. Fragrant and full of quiet joy. From a vineyard set at 300m altitide, 30 months ageing followed by 18 months in bottle, south west fasting slppes; gravel and clay. Carlo Ferrini winemaker.

95 -Wine Spectator -

94 -James Suckling -

94 -Vinous -

The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino is hauntingly dark, with a cascade of dried violets, black cherries and cedar shavings complicated by hints of ash. It's velvety in feel yet cool-toned and spry, with radiant red berry fruits that ride a stream of vibrant acidity. While structured, its tannins are beautifully contoured, soft and round. The 2019 leaves a pleasantly bitter tinge of tart cranberry that tugs at the cheeks. This is a gorgeous performance and a new benchmark for Giodo.

Technical Details

Blend 100% Sangiovese
Winemaker Carlo & Bianca Ferrini
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
Farming Method Organic & Sustainable Practices
Oak 700-L French oak casks
Fermentation Fermentation in temperature-controlled steel & concrete vats
Aging / Cooperage 30 months in oak, followed by a further 18 months in bottle
Alcohol 14.5%

Giodo Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Name: Giodo Brunello di Montalcino 2019
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1014837
Price: 139.95 USD
Availability: InStock

Sangiovese | Tuscany

FS100, RV100, JS99, WA98+, JD98+, TWI97, WE96, JA95, WS95, JS94, VN94

Organic & Sustainable Practices

$200.00

$139.95

750ML

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Carlo Ferrini is one of the most respected consulting enologists in Tuscany, having shaped the careers of dozens of estates across the region over five decades. Giodo is his personal project, a four-hectare estate southeast of Montalcino near the foot of Mount Amiata, founded in 2009, where he applies everything he has learned to a wine he calls entirely his own. When Ferrini sat down with Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner to taste the 2019, he told her he put every last drop of love into this vintage and believes it is the finest wine he has made at Giodo thus far.

The critical response was unprecedented for this estate. Farr Vintners awarded 100 points, Rupert Valentini 100, James Suckling 99, Wine Advocate 98+, Jeb Dunnuck 98+, TWI 97, Wine Enthusiast 96, Wine Spectator 95, and Vinous 94. Farr Vintners described it as seducing with stunning aromas of gardenia, allspice flower, and arbutus berries laced with fennel and subtle wood smoke, crunchy yet lush on the palate with profound substance, finely powdered assertive tannins, and blood orange piercing the lengthy finish, calling it a truly remarkable wine amid a slew of successes in a phenomenal vintage. Decanter’s Michaela Morris named it one of her top picks for the vintage, calling it the best Giodo yet, singing eloquently of Montalcino’s south. Two perfect scores. Three in the high 90s. These are among the most limited and extraordinary wines in this entire offer. Don’t hesitate.

About The Producer

Dubbed Winemaker of the Year by Wine Enthusiast and an "Italian Master" by Decanter, Carlo Farrini is one of the most revered winemakers in the world. Having produced several hundred-point wines and consulted on a who's who list of clients like Casanova di Neri, Mazzei, Petrolo, Talenti, Brancaia, Tenuta Monteti, and others. In 2002, after scouring Italy, Carlo bought a 25-acre property in Montalcino between Sant’Angelo in Colle and Sant’Antimo and planted six acres of Sangiovese to 15 different clones.

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