1980 Il Marroneto Brunello di Montalcino

Il Marroneto's 1980 Brunello di Montalcino is a revelation. Remarkably fresh for a wine of its age, the 1980 is everything a mature Brunello should be. Beguiling scents of tobacco, orange peel, sweet herbs, licorice and dried cherry are laced together in a vibrant, salivating Brunello endowed with class. Powerful, incisive and utterly compelling, the 1980 is simply magnificent today. I don't imagine there are too many bottles lying around in cellars today, but readers lucky enough to still have the 1980 should be thrilled.