Casanova Di Neri Brunello Di Montalcino Giovanni Neri 2020 (750ml) *
Product price
$374.99
Description
Brunello di Montalcino is Sangiovese in its most serious register, and this bottling from Casanova di Neri draws on a single parcel in the Sesti area near Castelnuovo dell'Abate, where the vines date to the 1970s. The 2020 Giovanni Neri fermented with a small portion of whole-cluster fruit (roughly 10 to 15 percent), a choice the family made after noticing the perfume of the stems, then aged around 30 months in tonneaux. Fewer than 9,000 bottles were made, and the wine rewards patience in the cellar.
The color runs darker than you might expect, and the nose follows suit: dark cherry compote and forest floor, polished leather, lavender and rubbed sage, a lift of menthol and pencil shaving, even a whiff of animal musk and cured meat. It's full and fleshy on the palate, saturating with ripe, well-integrated tannins and a saline edge that keeps everything mouthwatering. The finish stretches long, carrying blood orange, black currant and exotic spice, with a floral tension that marks its youth. Structured and potent, built to unwind over many years.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Subregion | Brunello di Montalcino |
| Varietal | Sangiovese |
| Producer | Casanova di Neri |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
The 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino Giovanni Neri boasts a darker red/purple hue and is completely different, offering aromas of dark mineral earth, polished leather, sappy herbs, black cherry compote, dark chocolate, and menthol. Fleshy and full, it saturates the palate with lush, ripe tannins and a more pronounced saltiness, giving the wine a mouthwatering feel and a long-lasting finish, with notes of blood orange lasting on the back palate. It deserves time in the cellar before drinking over the coming 20 years. (Jeb Dunnuck, January 2025)
The Casanova di Neri 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Giovanni Neri is a lifted and punchy wine with great vertical delivery of aromas. It ferments with 10% to 15% whole-cluster fruit. Giovanni and Gianlorenzo Neri noticed brown stems and perfumed aromas, and these qualities gave them the inspiration to use the stems. Cherry and red fruit aromas are followed by pepper, wild spice, sweet earth and dusty pencil shaving. There are hints of saddle leather on the one hand and pressed rosemary herb on the other. At the very end, there is a hint of something that tastes like a crunchy breakfast bacon strip. I do love the intensity and the energy of this wine. Only 8,600 bottles were created. Fruit comes from a seven-hectare parcel in the Sesti area (along the dirt road that goes from Castelnuovo dell'Abate to Sant'Angelo in Colle) that was purchased in 2017. The vines were planted in the 1970s. The wine ages in tonneaux for 30 months, and the tannins are beautifully integrated. (Wine Advocate, November 2024)
The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Giovanni Neri pulls the taster down to earth as whiffs of sous-bois , ashen stones and animal musk dissipate to reveal layers of dried black cherry, lavender and rubbed sage. It's silken in feel, with hints of polished ripe red and blue fruit. A liquid floral concentration adds youthful tension. Structured, long and quite potent, it has sweet and round tannins that taper off with citrus-infused black currant and exotic spice aromas. The Giovanni Neri hails from nearly 50-year-old vines near Castelnuovo dell'Abate. It's a showstopper. (Vinous)