2012 Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova

Casanova di Neri owns roughly 68 hectares of vines (32 of which are located in the area between Castelnuovo dell’Abate and S.Angelo in Colle, and the remaining 36 hectares are in Torrenieri). His two most famous vineyards and cru wines are made with grapes from those two very different areas: Cerretalto is made with grapes grown in Torrenieri, while Tenuta Nuova is made from grapes grown in Montalcino’s southern reaches towards Castelnuovo dell’Abate. The two areas are very different from multiple points of view and so are the two wines (for instance, there is a three-four week lag between budbreak at Tenuta Nuova and Cerretalto). This year, the estate didn’t release a Cerretalto, hence only the Brunello classico and the Tenuta Nuova are reviewed.