Fuligni
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Brunello di Montalcino
2010

The producer

Fuligni was founded by Giovanni Fuligni, who bought a farm in the classic Montalcino zone (east of the town) in 1923. In 1971, Maria Flora Fuligni took over the family’s property, after her father passed away, and became the first woman in Montalcino to run a wine estate. Today the Fuligni farm has 100 ha of land of which 14 are planted with vines.

The wines, which lean towards the more traditional style with ageing mainly in large Slavonian casks, are famous for their fruit purity, velvety tannins and firm lifted freshness. When the quality of the fruit is not up to the estate’s high standard, the full production is declassified to Rosso di Montalcino (this happened for example in 2002).

The wine

Fuligni’s Brunello is derived from around 14 hectares of 15 to 20-year-old vineyards mostly located on the north-eastern slope of Montalcino. Each vineyard parcel is vinified separately, according to terroir and exposure, and varies with the specific Brunello being made. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats and is followed by four years of ageing, two and a half to three years in wood, and the rest in bottle.

More traditional in style, Fuligni’s Brunello is well-known for the red fruit juicy purity, silky tannins, and firm lifted freshness.

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.