This Brunello Riserva does justice to its benchmark vintage! Brooding blue and bright red fruits, truffle, savory minerals, saddle leather, cedar and warm baking spices explode from the glass in this majestic, dense ’10 Brunello Riserva from the Antinori family’s Montalcino estate. This power-packed wine unfurls on the palate to show a sweet inner perfume, terrific structure, great complexity, and a superfluity of chewy, polished tannins. Characterful yet approachable, this wine could only come from the hands of Antinori. 2010 is the just the fifth vintage of this fine Brunello whose name, "Ferrovia," refers to the nineteenth-century railway station on the estate's property. The vineyard's lower altitude offers riper and fuller fruit, which combined with moderate maceration and a complex aging regimen that includes both barriques and casks, makes for Antinori's signature accessibility, but we do recommend an hour of decanting or slow aeration to enjoy this wine at its best.
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