BB | Deep garnet to pink. Deep, earthy, smoky, black cherries, forest floor, black truffles, dried herbs, dried flowers, violets nose. Sweet black fruits palate with super fine tannins, layered black fruit, rich, long, spicy. A superb wine of considerable body and extraction yet with classic Sangiovese refoment.Drink Dates: 2030 - 2045. 99
AJ | Dark, brooding black-red. Fine, dense, meaty, amply served aromas, suggesting a big, generous wine to come. Beautifully composed fruits here., glowing and venting in the glass. Super concentration and drama here. One of the most dramatic wines we have tasted today, this is a depth-charge beauty with splendidly resonant fruits, rippling soft tannins, almost insistent (though accommodated) acids: a mouth-drench that will leave no drinker unmoved. It is big and masterful and you may prefer something more proportionate and 'classical', but as a cry of joy from its vineyard and its place on earth this is hard to overlook. I'm grateful to have had the chance to taste it.Drink Dates: 2026 - 2043. 98
MP | Obvious nose with muddled aromas of stewed fruit, raisin, cooked blackberry and autumn spices. The generous nose continues to the palate where there is very ripe, baked fruit allied to cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg. This is a full-bodied, generous Brunello with plenty of stuffing and plenty of oak to satisfy those looking for a come-hither Montalcino.Drink Dates: 2025 - 2029. 92