2019 Brunello di Montalcino
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The 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino pours a bright red hue and opens with notes of dried cherries, orange peel, dried herbs, and dusty earth. Medium-bodied, it has tangy acidity, fine tannins, and a savory, lightly iron-tinged finish with good persistence. It’s a solid, well-made Brunello that captures the freshness and salinity of the estate’s style, and it also hints at the added polish and precision that come through even more clearly in the 2020 and 2021. Drink 2026-2037. Tomasso Squarcia has been steadily raising the bar at his family estate located on the northern slopes of Montalcino. Don’t mistake Tomasso’s carefree and approachable demeanor for a lack of seriousness. He and the wines are certainly beginning to carve a path, leading the charge for this new generation of winegrowers, and they will be worth having on your radar now.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Eric Guido, Vinous
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The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino displays a vibrant ruby hue, wafting up with an earthy blend of flowery undergrowth and crushed rocks before giving way to dried strawberries. It opens with a pleasant inner sweetness and creamy textures. Fresh acidity enlivens its red fruits and rosy inner florals. Violet and lavender florals linger through the long perfumed finale as a hint of fine tannins tug at the palate. What a darling. Castello Tricerchi did a fantastic job of maintaining the radiance of the year in this beautiful and expertly balanced Brunello.
Maturing mid ruby with bricky rim. Generous fruit nose with hints of tobacco and a suggestion of dried fruit that goes away with aeration. Sappy and ripe on the palate and loaded with grainy tannins. The surprise is kept for the finish where it becomes increasingly pure and focused. A little enigmatic and although it seems ready, it is not. (WS)