2013 Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso
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Lustrous brick-stone ruby. Cool cranberry with tobacco-leaf notes and a hint of dried fruit and oak. Supple and elegant with fine grainy tannins that become more prominent on the finish. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
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Mid ruby with orange tinges. Quite closed on the nose with hints of oatmeal and sweet red fruit. Plenty of ripe fruit that is still very monolithic and embryonic. (WS)
Although this wine is not labeled as a riserva, it is released six years after the harvest as if it were one. The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso (with 20,000 bottles produced) opens to balanced fragrances that mix fruity elements with spice, crushed stone and smoke. This wine is linear and direct with firm tannic support at the back. Give it another few years to flesh out further with additional bottle aging.