2019 Brunello di Montalcino
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Tasting notes
A brickish red color, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino offers up notes of fruitcake on the nose, with dried fruits, walnuts, leather, and wet stones. Full-bodied, it’s firmly structured but well-balanced, with good concentration and ripe fruit holding it all together. This is an impressive wine from Cerbaia to drink over the coming 10-12 years.
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Eric Guido, Vinous
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino is earthy and savory in the best possible way with an almost rustic, yet not quite, blend of old cedar spice box and dried roses elevated by orange zest and bright cherries. This is wonderfully pure and silky, with a measured inner sweetness and masses of ripe red and blue fruits that swirl throughout. Juicy acidity maintains a lovely energy as the 2019 finishes long and staining. Fine-grained tannins saturate, and a resonance of tart cranberry puckers the cheeks. This energetic and sleek Brunello from Cerbaia will require minimal cellaring to show its best.
Lustrous deep ruby with narrow bricky rim. Iron and rich, dark and sour cherry on the nose and with stalky hints. Lots of ripe fruit and grainy, slightly drying tannins. Practically void of characteristics that point to Brunello. (WS)