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2016 Argiano Brunello Di MontalcinoSangiovese from Italy

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  • 98+ Luca Gardini - GardiniNotes.com
  • 97 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com
  • 94 Eric Guido - Vinous Media
  • 94 Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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About

Ratings:

98+

"Another great interpretation from the historical winery. Nuances of small dark fruits, blackberries dominating, offering notes of fresh laurel. The mouth is crunchy, iodized tannins, closing of laurel."

97 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

"A very polished red with cloves and caramel, on top of black cherries, mushrooms and forest floor. Black olives, too. It's full-bodied with polished tannins and lovely depth all the way through. Lightly chewy. Juicy black-cherries and savory black-olive character. Complex."

94 Eric Guido - Vinous Media

"The 2016 Argiano Brunello di Montalcino shows sweet herbs and tobacco with hints of mocha and cedar spice box. It’s silky in texture, coasting across a medium-bodied frame while giving way to tart red berries, with grippy tannins mounting toward the close. A cooling wave of minty herbs and licorice adds much needed freshness, bringing the 2016 into balance throughout the youthfully structured finale. While this was hard to read and quite backward upon opening, it blossomed beautifully in the glass over time."

94 Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The Argiano 2016 Brunello di Montalcino shows a lovely transparency to its appearance and follows with lifted red fruit aromas, cassis, wild cherry and blue flower. It is made with a simple approach, fermented in cement tank and aged slowly in oak, and the fruit comes from a 22-hectare site with limestone marl soils. It delivers a lightness and a weightlessness that is not often ascribed to this vintage. No worries, the power of 2016 comes through at the very end in terms of tannins and structure. This ample release of 115,000 bottles will be ready to drink after 2023 when the wine has had time to open and flesh out."

Product Detail

Item # 121901
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Sub-Region Brunello di Montalcino
Ratings

98+ - Luca Gardini - GardiniNotes.com

97 - James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

94 - Eric Guido - Vinous Media

94 - Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Vintage 2016
Color Red
ABV 14.0%
Varietal(s) Sangiovese
Size 750mL
Closure Cork
Features
Taste red fruit, strawberry and raspberry
Nose asparagus, green pepper and red fruit