Starting off the bat with this first vintage of Tenuta Nuova ever made, you recognize that this is a wine with a clear mission for its future. The 1993 Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova offers a precise and focused presentation of aromas that points to its pedigree. The wine has followed through with a very successful evolution that adds to the fullness and generosity on display today. Pressed flowers and rose hip segue to dried fruit and spice. The wine ends on a silky note, with long persistence and elegant intensity.

A serious and tightly knit red. Very plummy, with wet earth undertones. Medium- to full-bodied, with firm tannins and a long, rich aftertaste. A new, very rich wine from this producer. Needs bottle age. Best after 2001. 2,966 cases made. -JS