2016 Brunello di Montalcino
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A growing season with good rainfall and diurnal temperature variation. Quite a deep crimson. A slightly brûlée character on the nose but on the palate it's wonderfully pure and mouth-filling. Dense and racy with real freshness on the end. Just what you'd want from a mature Brunello. So fluid, pure and gorgeous! (JR)
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Jeb Dunnuck
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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A growing season with good rainfall and diurnal temperature variation. Quite a deep crimson. A slightly brûlée character on the nose but on the palate it's wonderfully pure and mouth-filling. Dense and racy with real freshness on the end. Just what you'd want from a mature Brunello. So fluid, pure and gorgeous!
Transparent ruby. Quite evolved nose with the autumn mulch again. Sweet palate entry and a rather claret-like build. Elderberry-liqueur nose. Lots of fine tannin suggests this will last quite a while! Great purity and persistence again. Quite muscular. (JR)
Mid ruby with orange tinges. Savoury, minerally cherry fruit with a suggestion of stalks and notes of new oak. Still very closed and embryonic on the nose. Super-elegant sour-cherry fruit that ends much less tart than at the first taste. Just a touch of creaminess and lots of freshness and finely grained tannins. Rather the opposite of the powerful Brunello style that once was the rule in this region. A little mouth-watering on the finish, which leans quite heavily on the sweet but super-charming oak frame. (WS)