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Brunello di Montalcino 2016
Brunello di Montalcino / Castiglion del Bosco
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| Units | Size | Case size | GBP Price: | Quantities | Buy |
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| 6 | 75cl Bottle | Case 6 | £220 per Case | Case | [Add to shopping basket] |
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The Castiglion del Bosco 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is a fruit-forward expression with soft cherry, blackberry, tilled earth and a touch of sweet spice. This wine is made in an especially accessible style that prizes ripe fruit and oak aging (in both barrique and botte). Fruit comes from a 52-hectare vineyard with galestro schist and clay. The tannins are more evident here compared to the 2015 vintage; however, this wine is almost ready to go with beef tagliata topped with porcini mushrooms. Production is 130,000 bottles. Score: 94 Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2022-2038 30 November 2020 |
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The 2016 Castiglion del Bosco Brunello di Montalcino really stands out with its vivid display of crushed raspberries, lavender and clove. Further depths are found with each swirl, adding mentholated herbs and flowery undergrowth. It’s dense and dark-fruited, enveloping the palate with notes of black cherry, plum, exotic savory spice and minerals. This is soothing and pliant in spite of the 2016’s youthful state, balancing brisk acids and fine tannins to create a push and pull of structural tension. The symmetry here is spellbinding, and everything is in the right place for a long and fruitful evolution over the next ten to fifteen years. Tasted twice with consistent results. Score: 95 Eric Guido, Vinous.com Maturity: 2026-2036 01 November 2020 |
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The complexity and beauty to this is really something with cherry, walnut, tobacco and cigar-box character. Sweet cherries. It’s full-bodied and deep with super intensity and power. Layered and beautiful. Really refined tannins. Some whole-berry fermentation gives this added character. Goes on for minutes. Try after 2025. Score: 99 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2025+ 30 October 2020 |
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