AB Newsletter - Brunelli Sep 29

TRIALTO | September 29th 2025

Wine Advocate on GIANNI BRUNELLI

This is one of my favorite estates in Montalcino. Under the leadership of Maria Laura Vacca Brunelli, the Gianni Brunelli Le Chiuse di Sotto team carefully farms diverse vineyard holdings between Podernovone and Le Chiuse di Sotto with different soil profiles, exposures and elevations. There are many promising elements to use when creating the final blend.
Monica Larner, December 2023

GIANNI BRUNELLI Brunello di Montalcino 2019

	Product code	714598
	Format	6x750ml
	Country	Italy
	Regulated designation	Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
	Region	Tuscany
	Appellation	Brunello di Montalcino
	Varietal(s)	Sangiovese grosso 100 %
	Colour	Red
	Sugar	Dry
	Closure type	Cork

- 97 Points -

Wine Advocate, December 2023

This wine offers lifted fruit with popping cherry, blackcurrant and sour crab apple. This level of fruit brightness is not easy to maintain in a wine that ages for five years before its commercial release. The folks at Gianni Brunelli Le Chiuse di Sotto do a fine job. The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino delivers balanced oak renderings with exotic spice and dried chili flake. The wine has a beautiful nose, but the palate definitely needs more time to flesh out and relax, considering the current tightness of the tannins.

GIANNI BRUNELLI
Rosso di Montalcino 2021

Tuscany, Italy

734659 | 6x750ml |

- 91 Points -

Wine Advocate, March 2023

This wine clocks in with fresh acidity and lots of basic primary fruit. You really bite into fresh cherry and raspberry when you taste the Gianni Brunelli Le Chiuse di Sotto 2021 Rosso di Montalcino. The wine captures the essence of a classic Rosso that is intended for easy-drinking experiences and near-term aging potential. This vintage delivers especially cheerful and vibrant results. Production is 6,620 bottles and 50 magnums.


	Magnum

GIANNI BRUNELLI
Brunello di Montalcino 2018

Tuscany, Italy

759289 | 1x1500ml |

11 case(s) available

- 93 Points -

Decanter, November 2022

As with the 2017 vintage, Laura Brunelli will not be releasing a Riserva. Instead, the Olmo vineyard which typically forms the backbone of the latter is an important component in this annata Brunello, making for a lovely and complete wine. Mint, lavender and fennel lead on the nose while sweet, succulent persimmon and crunchy pomegranate provide the backdrop on the palate, and the chalky tannins are rather sneaky in their grasp. There's a superficial accessibility, but substance, intrigue and backbone suggest even more to come.

GIANNI BRUNELLI
Rosso di Montalcino 2022

Tuscany, Italy

868055 | 3x1500ml |

2 case(s) available

- 93 Points -

Jeb Dunnuck, February 2024

Vibrant red, the 2022 Rosso Di Montalcino takes on aromas of grenadine, apricot, tangerine, and pressed flowers. This medium-bodied Rosso remains pure and focused, with lovely balance in its fruit. It has fine tannins and is graceful, with a refined texture on the palate. Harmonious in its feel, it is fantastically balanced and is going to have a wide drinking window over the coming 10 years.

About GIANNI BRUNELLI

Gianni Brunelli was from an old Montalcino family. He dedicated his life to upholding the local traditions of great food, wine and hospitality. In 1988 he re-established his family's grape growing tradition at Le Chiuse de Sotto, a 2 ha vineyard below the hill town of Montalcino.