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2019 Castiglion del Bosco Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
96 Points - James Suckling:
“This is really fine on the palate with wonderfully integrated tannins that give tension and focus. It’s medium-bodied with lovely berry, cherry, cedar and spice. Peaches and flower stems, too. Creamy texture. Extremely long and vivid. Structured, but showing beautiful drinkability with wonderful balance and form. One to drink or hold.” (9/23)
95 Points - Vinous:
“The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino is a gorgeous interpretation of Northwest Montalcino terroir, with a darkly alluring bouquet of sage and rosemary giving way to crushed blackberries and stone dust. This opens with a lovely inner sweetness, perfectly balanced by crisp red fruits, mineral tones and a core of vibrant acidity. It finishes grippy and long yet surprisingly fresh, with a staining of primary concentration that lingers on and on. The 2019 was fermented using 70% whole cluster fruit. Drink 2026-2040.” -EG (12/23)
94+ Points - Jeb Dunnuck:
“Deep ruby in color, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino opens to aromas of ripe cherries, toasted cedar, candied flowers, rosemary, and vanilla. Approachable and medium-bodied, it’s elegant on the palate, with fine tannins and a supple texture with even balanced acidity. It offers a very appealing weightless feel, with mineral underpinnings and notes of tangerine citrus on the palate. It is a very well styled and refined Brunello to enjoy over the coming 12-15 years. Drink 2024-2036." -AF (2/24)
94 Points - Wine Spectator:
"Cherry, plum, leather, earth and tomato leaf flavors highlight this broad, beefy red, with iron and sanguine accents creeping in as this winds down on the finish. Succulent and long, with a dusty grip in the end. Best from 2027 through 2043." -BS (6/24)
94 Points - Kerin O'Keefe:
"Aromas of forest floor, ripe dark-skinned berry, tobacco and hazelnut slowly take shape in the glass. Full-bodied and enveloping the palate also boasts a weightless concentration, featuring crushed raspberry, liquor-soaked cherry, blood orange and licorice before a minty close wrapped in the warmth of alcohol. Taut, fine-grained tannins provide support." (6/24)
94 Points - Wine Enthusiast:
"The nose has the delicacy of mandarin blossoms, then tart bing cherries and sweet wild strawberries, strewn over top soil and sweet tobacco. The cherries are at perfect maturity on the palate, while that earth and smoke and spice lurk underneath."
94 Points - Decanter:
"Castiglion del Bosco's 2019 Brunello is fresh and bright, offering cherry aromas with a balsamic edge. Fine tannins support a soft and velvety palate with a savoury, salty undertone of green olives in brine overlaid with cherry and blood orange sapidity. The finish is really zingy and fresh – almost minty – with a lovely stony touch. There's more sapidity and salinity here compared to Campo del Drago, which is a richer, fuller-bodied bottling, and as with many 2019s, the wine is approachable in its youth yet offers years of drinking pleasure. 2024 - 2034."
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