This impressive Brunello Riserva opens with an inky, garnet color, gorgeous aromatic intensity and bright tones of red cherry, licorice, rum cake and menthol. The wine feels tight and silky in the mouth with great purity and a long, polished feel. The wine can be cellared or consumed in two to three years from now.
— M.L.
(5/1/2013)
This Brunello offers interesting complexity in its cola and balsam notes. The wine has a big, bright intensity, with crisp acidity and a lean, compact mouthfeel that’s rather austere and stern. Ultimately the wine is more generous on the nose than in the mouth and finishes with lasting freshness.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
This dark garnet colored Brunello opens with straightforward and uncomplicated aromas of wild berry, spice and leather. This wine also shows a high level of confidence that is seen in its firm tannins, crisp acidity and rich aftertaste of clove and black fruit.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
The delicate and playful bouquet offers tight aromas of small berry fruit, ginger, cola, cedar and a touch of black tar or graphite. The aromatic complexity is intriguing. In the mouth however, the wine’s bright acidity is still a bit sharp and raw at this young stage. Hold 5–10 years.
— M.L.
(5/1/2013)
There’s a focused quality to the fruit in this bright Rosso that resembles red candy, bright raspberry and sour cranberry. A softly toasted note of oak spice rounds out the mouthfeel and gives the wine extra depth and texture.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)