2016 Brunello di Montalcino
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Picture-perfect vintage both in quality and yield. Lustrous ruby. Perfumed deep and minerally nose. Really layered and complex and with hints of soy and cinnamon bark. This really opens up in the glass. Deep fruit on the palate with sappy, ripe acidity. Effortlessly elegant, concentrated and juicy at the same time with wall-to-wall gravelly tannins. Breath-taking balance. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
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Lustrous mid ruby. Gorgeous minerally nose with concentrated cherry fruit. The palate is a fantastic interplay between sweet, juicy fruit, energetic, fine acidic nerve and polished but firm tannins. Sensationally balanced and utterly compelling. (WS)
Crushed black cherries, a dusting of sweet spice, cedar, mocha and cloves blend to create the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino’s fruit-forward and seductive bouquet. Its textures are like pure silk, cast across a medium-bodied frame and ushering in a youthfully dense display of red and black berries. Symmetry is maintained with fine-grained tannins offset by juicy acids, as inner purple florals and a hint of dried citrus lingers. While showing a bit of its oak influence, nothing is out of place in this young and beautifully balanced Brunello from Cupano.