92.5 points

Pian delle Vigne Brunello di Montalcino 2018

£62.00

Italy
Tuscany
75cl
ABV: 14%

Critic Score

The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino is dark and balsamic in the glass, grumbling up with rich notes of mocha, plum sauce, grilled herbs and crushed ashen stone. This is silky, almost creamy in feel, flooding the palate with mocha-tinged red fruits and rum-soaked raisins complemented by hints of tobacco toward the close. The 2018 tapers off with a mentholated freshness and grippy tannins that, at first, take hold of the senses, but then slowly release them, allowing hints of balsam and exotic spice to linger. This unique vintage of Pian delle Vigne has a lot of upfront appeal, yet also a structure that will carry it through medium-term cellaring.

92.5 Points Vinous

Grape Variety:

Sangiovese

Description Description

The Pian delle Vigne estate covers a total area of 180 hectares, sixty-five of which are planted with vineyards, which lie at 130-200 metres above sea level, with a clay-limestone soil rich in small stones. Only the best bunches of grapes were selected during a harvest that lasted from September 21st to October 7th.

Destemming and soft crushing were followed by maceration and alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats at 28ºC for three weeks. Malolactic fermentation was completed in the vats, and the wine was then transferred to 30-80 hectolitre oak barrels where it matured for two years before bottling.

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Pian delle Vigne Brunello di Montalcino 2018

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