James Suckling on the 2004 Brunello di Montalcino vintage:  "In my opinion, the vintage produced wonderfully perfumed and majestically refined Brunellos with an excellent balance of fruit and refined tannins. Many are beautiful to drink now but will be even better with two or three more years of bottle age. And they should improve for decades to come ... I rate the vintage 97 points."

Wine Spectator:  Rated as Outstanding: a wine of superior character and style.  "Plush aromas of black cherry and blackberry. Full-bodied, with soft, silky tannins and a long, delicious finish. There's fresh acidity and lots of subtle flavor on the finish. Still needs a little time to open. Best after 2010. 7,000 cases made." Apr 2009

Winery:   Colour: ruby red, deepening with age.  Perfume: characteristically intense.  Flavour: dry and warm, lightly tannic, robust and harmonious.  This wine is put on the market the fifth year after the harvest.  After a minimum of 3 1/2 years spent in oak casks, follows a period of at least 4 months refining in the bottles.  It has a high alcohol content and should continue to mature with age.  This wine complements all red meats, game and cheese.

Wired For Wine:  From the rolling hills of Tuscany, and its stellar 2004 vintage, we present this Fattoria La Lecciaia Brunello di Montalcino.  It will cellar for several years to come, while being ready to drink at this very moment.  Intense, robust and harmonious, this spectacular Brunello deserves your time and attention as a solo glass as the festivities unfold...  In case someone is hungry, it's not a bad idea to have some mini roast beef and horseradish panini triangles on hand.  The full body and flavor of this beautiful Brunello warrant red meats, meat sauces, mushrooms, aged cheeses and more.  We can't get enough of it with grilled rib lamb chops next to fresh peas tossed with Parmesan and mint.  A dish of papardelle with a sumptuous duck ragu will only elevate the boatload of delicious of this Fattoria La Lecciaia.  And finally, you can't go wrong with T-bone steaks grilled to perfection with roasted wild mushrooms on the side.  We can't think of a better way to say ciao to those ripe, silky tannins...  Open another bottle and allow the reverie to continue with a top shelf, aged Pecorino cheese.  Sounds pretty perfetto to us!

Size:  750ml, cork
Varietal:  100% Sangiovese
Alcohol:  14.5%
Ageing:  Minimum of 3 1/2 years in oak casks, and a minimum of 4 months further refining in bottle
Region:  Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy