This dark Brunello opens with thick concentration and balsam notes of cola, humus and eucalyptus. Despite the thick extraction, the berry aromas are delicate, with lingering wild raspberry and forest fruit. The wine shows a nice juxtaposition between its bold, masculine side and an elegant feminine one. The mouthfeel is bold, plush and powerful.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
Loacker/Corte Pavone is on a roll of late and is making some of the finest Brunello you will find. Organic farming practices have helped shape a truly tremendous wine with deep concentration and amazing intensity. The wine is rich and velvety and bursting with bright fruit nuances. Drink after 2015.
— M.L.
(8/1/2010)
Executed in a plush modern style, this opulent Brunello offers tones of black chocolate, espresso, toast, cherry and leather. The wine’s appearance is dense and dark and there’s power and determination on the close. It’s also slightly sweet and very succulent with enduring flavors of plump cherry. Drink after 2015.
— M.L.
(8/1/2010)
Here’s an austere and sophisticated wine with dark notes of carob, exotic spice, cardamom pod, mesquite smoke and blackberry. The wine is soft, plush and chewy with firm tannins (that could use more time to soften) and a playful touch of acidity on the close.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
A dark wine with purplish pigmentation, excellent concentration and inten sity. Has cherry, leather and loads of toasted notes that do not overwhelm. Smooth, silky and spicy in the mouth, this textbook Brunello is almost too much of a good thing. Imported by Verdoni Imports.
— W.E.
(4/1/2006)
Made according to organic and biodynamic principles, Corte Pavone offers thick and black concentration in a modern twist on Sangiovese Grosso. It has blockbuster appeal and aromas of black cherry, mesquite smoke and Indian spice. It’s chewy and succulent and delivers a long, satisfying finish.
— M.L.
(6/1/2009)
Corte Pavone delivers a very distinctive and sweet-smelling wine that exhibits notes of hazelnut, chestnut, allspice, nutmeg and ground ginger. The wine is definitely on the ripe and juicy side but it closes with thick density, long persistency and candied fruit flavors.
— M.L.
(5/1/2009)
Corte Pavone’s Rosso di Montalcino gives you a hearty drinking red that would pair with game, wild mushrooms and most meat dishes. You get plump fruit and exotic spice overtones that give the wine sophistication and personality.
— M.L.
(8/1/2010)