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Pietranera 2007 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- Cellar Selection
- $45
Opens with dark concentration and ripe berry fruit with layers of plum, blackberry, dark chocolate, pipe tobacco, cherry liqueur, cola and underbrush. It offers a wonderful 360-degree portrait of Sangiovese Grosso. Tight structure, integration and loads of fruity intensity. Drink after 2018.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
Pietranera 2004 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $70
Here’s a Brunello with a determined focus on sophistication and elegance. The wine is smooth and pristine and delivers delicate nuances of wild berry, graphite, smoke and Indian spice. The overall approach here is one that fully embraces Brunello tradition: the wine offers power and intensity but not in an exaggerated manner.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
Pietranera 2006 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $45
Structured and dense, this bold Brunello offers big color, density and extraction. On the nose, it is characterized by elegant oak tones of vanilla and spice that are married to bright cherry after tones.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Pietranera 2005 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $60
Soft and plush from the start, this bright Brunello spreads over the palate with ease and persistency. Along the way, it imparts flavors of ripe fruit, blackberry, cherry, leather and moist pipe tobacco. The mouthfeel is smooth and thick.
— M.L.
(10/1/2010)
Pietranera 2008 Agricola Centolani Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
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Succulent steak or breaded veal would make good pairing partners to this elegant Brunello. The wine delivers oak spice, red fruit, black pepper and balsam notes of dried ginger and cola. The wine is lively and delicate with some astringency to the tannins that will soften in a few more years.
— M.L.
(5/1/2013)
Pietranera 2008 Sangiovese Grosso (Rosso di Montalcino)
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An austere element of smoked meat, moist pipe tobacco and ripe blackberry opens the nose of this concentrated Rosso di Montalcino. This is a brawny, masculine wine with loads of spicy intensity to match marinated barbecue steak.
— M.L.
(10/1/2010)
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