Friday June 26, 2015
BRITISH COLUMBIA

"This may be the best Brunello ever released by this boutique estate in the Piancornello subzone of the appellation."

 

Wine Advocate 
Issue #217
Today's Offer
 
Brunello di Montalcino 
 2010
 
Suggested Retail Price $58.99/bottle + tax
VarietalSangiovese Grosso
RegionMontalcino, Tuscany
Format12 x 750ml
Availability
Only 25 cases - Via BCLDB Cross Dock.
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Ageability
Now - 2027+
 

Brunello
95 Points

"The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino is an irresistible wine that demonstrates just how far the Agostina Pieri brand has evolved over the past decade. This may be the best Brunello ever released by this boutique estate in the Piancornello subzone of the appellation. Most notable and compelling is the seamless integration of flavor and texture that is not easily achieved with the finicky Sangiovese grape. The wine opens to a dark ruby hue with aromas of dried cherry, cassis, blue flower, ginger and balsam herb. You get lingering mineral tones that create a sense of focus and sharpness. I tasted the wine very young, but am confident of the aging potential of this timeless Brunello. It should be a delight to revisit in ten years."

Issue #217

About Pieri Agostina

Founded as recently as 1991, Pieri Agostina may be one of Brunello's newest producers, but they have very quickly gained a reputation as one of the very best, consistently earning top marks from Robert Parker, Jancis Robinson, and Gambero Rosso. A clear indication of their resounding success came when the 1995 Rosso di Montalcino received Gambero Rosso's 'Tre Bicchieri' rating - the first Rosso di Montalcino ever to do so.

 

Located in Piancornello in the southern part of the Brunello zone, the seven hectare estate is blessed with a mix of Galestro and lime-rich clay soils, with an ideally steep Southern exposure, perfect for the cultivation of sangiovese grosso. Winemaking is minimalistic: hand harvested grapes are crushed and fermented in vats for 25-30 days before being racked into a combination of Slavonian oak botti and 600L demi-muids, where the wine is aged for about two years.

 

Stylistically the wines are rich and full, yet very well balanced.  They are not ferociously tannic in the traditional Biondi Santi style, but they are not flashy new wave wines either. They can be said to capture the best of the old and the new, combining great concentration of flavour, complexity, and extraordinary persistence.  


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