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95 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The organic La Torre 2021 Brunello di Montalcino opens with a fleeting impression of fruit ripeness that quickly gives way to classic Sangiovese complexity marked by grilled herbs, blue flowers and earthy nuance. There is a tactile, skin-driven quality to the palate in this vintage, almost as if tasting the grapes directly at harvest, bringing added crunch, spice and energy. Despite Brunello’s mandatory five years of aging, the wine maintains a vivid sense of freshness, rolling across the palate in a collected and measured manner. Aged in Slavonian oak casks, the tannins are well integrated and supported by just enough acidity to keep the wine moving with precision. Fruit comes from 4.9 hectares of vineyards situated at 420 meters in elevation, helping to preserve balance and a gracefully accessible 13.5% alcohol content. Production is approximately 15,000 bottles, including larger formats.

93+ -Vinous -

Dusty sage and rosemary give way to shaved blood orange and nuances of white smoke as the brooding 2021 Brunello di Montalcino dominates the glass. It is dark and rich on the palate, weightier than anticipated, with depths of ripe red and black fruit over a penetrating core of minerality. The senses are left clenched by youthfully aggressive tannins as the 2021 tapers off dramatically long and structured for the cellar.

93 -James Suckling -

Technical Details

Blend 100% Sangiovese Grosso di Brunello
Winemaker Luigi Ananìa
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
Vineyard La Torre
Farming Method Certified Organic
Oak Large Slavonian oak casks and small French oak barrels
Aging / Cooperage Aged 42 months in 3900-liter Slavonian oak casks. Less than 20% of the wine ages an additional 12 months in traditional French oak barrels.
Alcohol 14.5%
Production 1170

La Torre Brunello di Montalcino 2021

Name: La Torre Brunello di Montalcino 2021
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1015677
Price: 64.95 USD
Availability: InStock

Sangiovese | Tuscany

WA95, VN93+, JS93

SPECIAL: Ground shipping included on 3+ bottles!

Certified Organic

$100.00

$64.95

750ML

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We’re never gonna turn down Brunello from the pristine 2021 vintage, and this organic, small-production, 95-point gem (only $65!) might just set the new standard. “Classic Sangiovese complexity”… “Vivid sense of freshness”… “Dark and rich on the palate”… Free shipping on 3+ bottles. Kind of a no-brainer, y’all!

I’ll trust anyone who starts as a maker of fine “bufala mozzarella” – and that’s exactly how the Anania family began their food and beverage production journey (alongside farming and making other agricultural products in southern Italy’s Calabria). Giuseppe Anania purchased the La Torre property in 1976 in the commune of La Sesta, just south of Montalcino and in the highest altitude section of the Brunello appellation. Their first vintage was in the treasured 1982 growing season, setting the foundation for the greatness that was to come.

The property covers 36 hectares of land, with just over 5.5 planted to vines – almost entirely Sangiovese Grosso – facing south and southwest. Their position of 1,500 feet above sea level gives the wines an interwoven elegance, and everything is farmed organically with hand-harvesting and indigenous yeast fermentation. The pride of care oozing from this place seeps into the wines, which are just as wonderful as the setting they originate from.

Case in point: the 95-point 2021 Brunello di Montalcino. Wow, wow, wow. What a thrill this wine is – made even more exciting to know it will ONLY get better from here. At five years young, we’re still in its baby years, but even so – this is a majestic melting pot of crushed violets and lavender, dried Herbes de Provence, wild blueberries and strawberries, clove, and a twist of blood orange. Exotic and peppery and nuanced and surprisingly integrated – a marvel! It drinks like something $150 or more… so grab up as much as you can at this price.

FOOD PAIRINGS: In honor of the Anania family’s heritage of buffalo mozzarella-making, use some alongside some spicy capocollo on a thin-crust pizza baked in a searing oven (hot as yours can go)... oy vey, pure heaven.

About The Producer

Tucked into the hills of Sant'Angelo in Colle, in the sun-warmed southern reaches of Montalcino and the heart of the Val d'Orcia, La Torre is a family estate with deep roots. Giuseppe Ananìa founded it in 1976, transforming an old sharecropping farm into a dedicated winery that's now run with the same passion by his son Luigi and granddaughter Benedetta. The vineyards sit at one of the highest-altitude corners of the Brunello appellation, facing full south and southwest, planted almost entirely to Sangiovese Grosso in stony, mineral-rich soils of galestro and limestone. La Torre's first Brunello was the celebrated 1982 vintage, and today the estate produces Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino, the fragrant Ampelio Toscana IGT Rosso, and – only in exceptional years – a Brunello Riserva. Guided by a philosophy the family calls "traditional but not conservative," they pair hand-selection and patient craft with modern, sustainable farming – crafting Sangiovese with depth, freshness, and a genuine sense of place.

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