Italian King- 2019 Molino della Suga Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

2019 Molino della Suga Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 

90 Points Vinous Media 

The Bonacchi family has been involved in Tuscan wine for 4 generations now, starting from its historic headquarters in Montalbano. Here they own 42 hectares of vineyards, which are added to the 22 hectares in Chianti Classico at Fattoria Casalino in Castelnuovo Berardenga, 4.4 hectares in Bolgheri at Fattoria Cerretella and finally 32 hectares in Montalcino with Molino della Suga, of which 9 are dedicated to Brunello and Rosso of the denomination. There is a lot of Sangiovese, therefore - given the areas, but also Merlot and Canaiolo, Vermentino and Pinot Grigio, Cabernet Sauvignon and Trebbiano, to offer a wide range of labels to the market and also cover the well-known denominations where they have decided to invest. In Montalcino in particular, Bonacchi arrived in 2001, at the northern foot of the Montosoli hill, expanding over the years both in terms of vineyards and in terms of facilities: the cellar was expanded (which today houses wooden barrels of various sizes and steel tanks) and an old farmhouse was renovated and transformed into a farmhouse