Brunello di Montalcino is a red DOCG Italian wine produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino, in the province of Siena, located about 80 km south of Florence, in the Tuscan wine region. Brunello, a diminutive of bruno, is the name that was given locally to what was believed to be an individual grape variety grown in Montalcino. In 1879 the province of Siena's Amphelographic Commission determined, after a few years of controlled experiments, that Sangiovese and Brunello were the same grape variety, and that the former should be its designated name. In Montalcino the name Brunello evolved into the designation of the wine produced with 100% Sangiovese.
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Brunello di Montalcino is an appellation in Tuscany, Italy. Its rules allow Sangiovese. We track 891 of its wines in stock at 133 shops, from 166 wine houses, from € 14.58; mostly red.
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +3.7 °C · 2,506 GDD · 45 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.9 °C · 2,405 GDD · 54 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 54.00 | € 54.00 | – | hot +2.1 °C · 2,443 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2023 | 1 | € 68.24 | € 68.24 | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 2,378 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2022 | 1 | € 43.48 | € 43.48 | – | hotdry +2.3 °C · 2,487 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2021 | 92 | € 14.58 | € 57.50 | 95.1 (10 wines) | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,066 GDD · 45 % rain |
| 2020 | 127 | € 19.94 | € 59.00 | 93.9 (8 wines) | warm +0.5 °C · 2,096 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2019 | 161 | € 22.77 | € 80.11 | 94.7 (19 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 2,136 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2018 | 120 | € 17.39 | € 89.50 | 94.6 (13 wines) | hot +1.1 °C · 2,230 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2017 | 71 | € 33.32 | € 84.03 | 95.8 (6 wines) | warmdry +0.9 °C · 2,182 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 2016 | 73 | € 39.50 | € 120.00 | 96.0 (11 wines) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,993 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2015 | 60 | € 44.00 | € 109.59 | 96.2 (6 wines) | warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,119 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2014 | 4 | € 64.00 | € 80.00 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,910 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2013 | 22 | € 35.00 | € 98.77 | 92.0 (1 wine) | average +0.1 °C · 2,014 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2012 | 19 | € 65.00 | € 115.00 | 96.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.7 °C · 2,146 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2011 | 12 | € 60.00 | € 162.50 | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,046 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2010 | 12 | € 151.81 | € 185.00 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,832 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2009 | 8 | € 60.00 | € 155.00 | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,079 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2008 | 5 | € 49.00 | € 160.00 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,995 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2007 | 10 | € 54.90 | € 161.97 | 95.0 (1 wine) | averagedry +0.1 °C · 2,025 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2006 | 5 | € 60.21 | € 180.00 | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,041 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,940 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2004 | 9 | € 133.67 | € 180.00 | 95.0 (2 wines) | average −0.3 °C · 1,926 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2003 | 1 | € 106.91 | € 106.91 | – | hot +1.2 °C · 2,243 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,915 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 2001 | 2 | € 180.00 | € 865.00 | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,987 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 2000 | 1 | € 150.00 | € 150.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,038 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1999 | 1 | € 170.00 | € 170.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,045 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1998 | 2 | € 145.00 | € 101.60 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,957 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1997 | 3 | € 130.00 | € 228.00 | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,869 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1996 | 1 | € 65.00 | € 65.00 | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.3 °C · 1,717 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 1995 | 1 | € 1,500.00 | € 225.00 | – | cold −1.0 °C · 1,793 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,046 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,986 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,936 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,753 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1990 | 1 | € 250.00 | € 250.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,959 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,776 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1988 | 2 | € 90.00 | € 995.00 | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,951 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,972 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,862 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1985 | 2 | € 100.00 | € 110.00 | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,969 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −2.0 °C · 1,557 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1983 | 1 | € 2,400.00 | € 2,400.00 | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,852 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1982 | 2 | € 30.00 | € 55.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,961 GDD · 114 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Brunello di Montalcino's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
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