Brunello 2018 Lunch

2018 Vintage:
Luminous and radiant, the 2018s beautifully reflect their individual terroirs, offering a transparency that the burly, warm 2017s and 2015s lack. With the exception of the top 25 or so producers, even many of the 2016 Brunellos, from what in terms of climate was a far superior vintage to 2018, don’t reflect their unique terroirs to the extent that the 2018s do across the denomination. KERIN O'KEEFE

The best of the 2018s offer transparency and refinement, with fresh, vibrant, red-fruited profiles, wonderful mineral textures, and fine-grained tannins that are approachable in their youth. They also excel in their aromatic perfume, highlighting the potential of Sangiovese in these increasingly rare cooler vintages. AUDREY FRICKE, www.jebdunnuck.com

Just in case you missed it, Brunello 2018 is a gorgeous vintage. It's a vintage I personally love for it's return to transparent sangiovese aromatics and flavours while simultaneously giving you the warmth and pliancy that makes Brunello hard to stop drinking - a double whammy of purity and decadence. I don't often return to a wrap offer like this but tasting these more and more since they arrived I have become even more excited than I was even when I tasted them earlier this year. 

That's the reason for this lunch, to take a clutch of some the greatest producers of this, the home of the greatest expression of sangiovese.

Cheers

Michael