2018 Brunello di Montalcino
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Tasting notes
The 2018 was not without its challenges, admits Cerbaiona winemaker Matthew Fioretti. in the vintage demanded plenty of work in the vineyard throughout the growing season and painstaking selection at harvest – reducing production to just 6,600 bottles. All the hard work was worth it though, for Cerbaiona’s 2018 Brunello di Montalcino is outstanding. Intense, garnet-red in colour, the 2018 Cerbaiona has a deep, intriguing and complex nose – with tons of red fruit, undergrowth, spice and refined balsamic. The wine has fantastic intensity on the palate – austere but supported by impressive power, great freshness and a natural expressiveness. The tannins are precise and beautifully integrated while adding great depth. With such balance, this has great capacity for ageing, but will also be approachable in a few years.
About the producer
A cult address for many Italian fine wine lovers, Cerbaiona is one of Montalcino’s top estates. The site has long been identified as special, but it was Diego Molinari who established its reputation. Today, Matthew Fioretti is at the helm, bringing the estate into the modern era.