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2018 Brunello di Montalcino, Franci, Tassi, Tuscany, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Sangiovese
Ready - youthful (Drink 2024 - 2046)
Monica Larner
91/100
Walter Speller
15.5/20
Eric Guido
92/100
James Suckling
95/100
Product: 20188167938

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2018 Brunello di Montalcino, Franci, Tassi, Tuscany, Italy

Description

Fabio Tassi's 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Franci is lean, thin and polished. This streamlined performance is reinforced by dry tannins, low-intensity fruit and integrated acidity. I feel like these new 2018 releases from Tassi are thinner than recent past releases. The structure of the wine is also very open and accessible. Production is 3,600 bottles.

Fabio Tassi is a man in motion. He recently built a new winery with cement fermentation tanks and Slavonian casks for ageing. In 2016, he introduced the Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Colombaiolo, a vineyard-designate wine, and in 2018 he started making a fun Sangiovese called Brunò (I already reviewed the current 2020 vintage). Organic production started in 2016.

Drink 2024 - 2033

Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (March 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2024 - 2046)
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Tassi

Critics reviews

Monica Larner 91/100
Fabio Tassi's 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Franci is lean, thin and polished. This streamlined performance is reinforced by dry tannins, low-intensity fruit and integrated acidity. I feel like these new 2018 releases from Tassi are thinner than recent past releases. The structure of the wine is also very open and accessible. Production is 3,600 bottles.Fabio Tassi is a man in motion. He recently built a new winery with cement fermentation tanks and Slavonian casks for ageing. In 2016, he introduced the Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Colombaiolo, a vineyard-designate wine, and in 2018 he started making a fun Sangiovese called Brunò (I already reviewed the current 2020 vintage). Organic production started in 2016.Drink 2024 - 2033monica_larner, Wine Advocate (March 2023)
Drink 2024 - 2033
Monica Larner, RobertParker.com (Mar 2023)
Walter Speller 15.5/20
Maturing ruby with bricky rim. Shows definitely a little more oomph on the nose than the straight Brunello. Sappy, soft fruit and already very accessible, but overall seems a tiny bit simple.Drink 2023 - 2028Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (November 2022)
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2022)
Eric Guido 92/100
Like a savory holiday feast, the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Franci boasts a rich mix of plum sauce and cranberry, savory herbs and autumnal spice. This is texturally deep and potent, with mineral-tinged red fruits and clove nuances. A fine coating of tannin is left to linger, along with a bump of stimulating citrus, as the 2018 tapers off long and elegantly perfumed. Very nice, and while this may not have the power of the best years, fans of Tassi will not want to be without it.Drink 2025 - 2033eric_guido, Vinous.com.com (October 2022)
Drink 2024 - 2033
Eric Guido, Vinous.com (Oct 2022)
James Suckling 95/100
So clear and transparent, with layers of dried flowers, bay leaves, citrus pith, dried cranberries and peach fruit. The tannins are beautifully interwoven, with a medium to full body, and a silky, long and elegant finish.Drink from 2023 and onwards.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (December 2022)
Drink 2024 - 2033
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Dec 2022)

About this wine

Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino

Along with Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino is Tuscany's most famous DOCG and its boldest expression of the Sangiovese grape. Located 30 miles south of Siena, its 2,000 hectares of vines are hemmed in by the Orcia, Asso and Ombrone valleys. Brunello is the local name for the Sangiovese Grosso clone from which Brunello di Montalcino should be made in its entirety. The wine cannot be released for sale until five years after the harvest.
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