Bruno Besa | Garnet to pink. Compact, complex nose, with layered black and red fruit, leather, tobacco, crushed stones and dried Mediterranean herbs. Mature palate, with layered, powerful tannins well supported by the creamy red fruit and long, lively acidity. | 93

Andrew Jefford | Dark black-red; no longer opaque. This has the kind of multidimensional aromas you always hope Brunello will deliver: rich fruits, with a sweet enchantment; density, freshness, and forest-copse lift; warm stones and warm, open earth. Deep, dark, searching, round, and long, with great energy and depth of fruit—plum, pomegranate, sloe—and apple-skin tannins. Very shapely in the mouth, with softer tannins than many yet clinging to the fruits. Earth and dark root spices to finish. Very arresting and complete, with no false notes at all here. | 94

Anthony Rose | Medium ruby; attractive smoky/dusty aromas, a hint of oak showing, in a flattering way. Lovely mid-palate dark-berry fruit richness, good weight to the fruit, and volume in the mouth; firmish, slightly drying tannins, but nicely textured, with good balancing acidity. A classic and classy, true Sangio. | 93