ARGIANO - Brunello di Montalcino - 2019
- - 94 points-
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November 2023Crushed ashen stones, cloves, dried black cherries, rosemary and balsam herbs create a spice box...
Detailed press reviewCrushed ashen stones, cloves, dried black cherries, rosemary and balsam herbs create a spice box...
Detailed press reviewPlenty of dark-fruit notes of black cherries, brambles and dried herbs, followed by dried-meat and...
Detailed press reviewThe 2022 Sauvignon Blanc has such a maritime nose of ocean spray, beeswax, saltbush and wet rocks,...
Detailed press reviewThe 2020 Chardonnay is reductive and flinty on the nose and leads with lashings of crushed nuts,...
Detailed press reviewThe 2020 Pinot Noir is lithe and lean, with very fine exotic spice (star anise, fennel, et al.) and...
Detailed press reviewThe 2020 Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc is ripe (14% alcohol), but it carries it so well. The wine is...
Detailed press reviewThe Tolpuddle Chardonnay is routinely a class act, polished and piercing in every vintage...
Detailed press reviewWoodland herbs and berries come together with sweet smoke and hints of shaved cedar as the 2021...
Detailed press reviewHauntingly dark yet inviting, the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino smolders up with a beguiling blend of...
Detailed press reviewThe 2019 Brunello di Montalcino opens slowly with a blend of savory herbs, worn leather, dried...
Detailed press reviewThe 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Piero is impossible to ignore, slowly blossoming with an enticing...
Detailed press reviewDark and brooding, the 2021 Rosso di Montalcino is at first rich and opulent, with an array of plum...
Detailed press reviewThe 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne is intense, bursting from the glass with a blend of...
Detailed press reviewA beguiling blend of mint, cedar and spiced orange slowly gives way to dried strawberries as the...
Detailed press reviewDidier, part of the third generation of the Gimonnet family, oversees the winemaking of their...
Detailed press reviewBlackberry, cherry and thyme shape an attractive nose. This is an elegant and structured Pinot Noir...
Detailed press reviewThe 2022 Grüner Veltliner Loibenberg Smaragd is picked from a loess island in the mid-slope of...
Detailed press reviewThe 2022 Grüner Veltliner Steinertal Smaragd is the easternmost terraced single-site of the...
Detailed press reviewThe 2022 Riesling Dürnsteiner Federspiel was picked from various smaller parcels on the foot of...
Detailed press reviewThe 2022 Riesling Loibenberg Smaragd is from one steep, convex parcel at higher elevation, shaded...
Detailed press reviewA full-bodied red with olives, blackberries, wild blueberries, mussel shells and hints of licorice...
Detailed press reviewShaw & Smith was founded in 1989 by cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW (who also own...
Detailed press reviewThis is only the second 2023 vintage I have tasted in bottle—perhaps not relevant, but it's an...
Detailed press reviewDistinctive aromas of walnuts and hazelnuts with plums and berries. Some flowers as well....
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