2010 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
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Sesta di Sopra is another winery in Montalcino that delivers a powerful and well balanced wine in this important vintage. The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is an impressive effort and a wine that sports a masculine and muscular personality. The nose is redolent of dark fruit, wild berry, died cherry, leather and tobacco. All those components come together in seamless fashion. The wine shows medium density in terms of mouthfeel but very long persistence. This is a wine of immense inner class and elegance.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is ample and broad on the palate, while retaining a mid-weight sense of structure. Tobacco, licorice, dried stone fruit and spice are all nicely expressive. For my taste, the Riserva is dried out and lacking in fruit, although it offers reasonably good persistence.