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2016 Ciacci Piccolomini Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna di Pianrosso Santa Caterina d'Oro

99 JS / 97+ WA

$185.00/750ml

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Ciacci's top bottling has once again risen to the top echelon of the 2016 Riserva category - a worthy follow up to it's 2015 success.

The Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona estate is located on the south east slope of the municipality of Montalcino, close to the medieval village of Castelnuovo dell’Abate and to the famous Romanesque Abbey of Sant’Antimo, which dates back to the 11th century.

2016 Ciacci Piccolomini Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna di Pianrosso Santa Caterina d'Oro

99 JS / 97+ WA

$185.00/750ml (Limited - In Stock This Week) Buy Now

Glorious aromas of flowers, nutmeg, dark berries, earth and black cherries follow through to a full body with ultra-fine tannins that are long and extremely polished. They go on for minutes. Reserved and shy still, due to its excellence. Give this four or five years to come around. Try after 2024.—James Suckling

The Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna di Pianrosso Santa Caterina d'Oro is gorgeous, full stop. It shows an incredible level of Sangiovese purity and sharpness, and you taste the grape as if you were eating berries straight out of the vineyard. On top of that healthy and bright primary material, the wine layers on elegant aromas of spice, ferrous earth, balsam herb and red rose potpourri. The aromas meet with seamless integration and segue to ongoing depth and complexity offered to the palate. This Riserva is rather delicate in terms of mouthfeel; however, it is powerful and long, with high alcohol, polished tannins and a silky texture. A hint of sweet cherry mixed with menthol freshness pulls it together at the end.—Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate

2015 Ciacci Piccolomini Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna di Pianrosso Santa Caterina d'Oro

100 JS / 97 WA

$185.00/750ml (Limited - In Stock This Week) Buy Now

The opulence of fruit and complexity of earth, meat, mushroom and cedar is breathtaking. It’s full-bodied, deep and powerful with so much intensity and depth. Chewy and layered, it goes on for minutes. Give it even more time. Try after 2023. James Suckling

The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna di Pianrosso Santa Caterina d'Oro is a fine and delicate wine that cleverly delivers the intensity of the vintage but without the heaviness or the ripeness. This wine holds back, just enough, to affirm its poised balance in terms of fruit richness, texture and tannic structure. It shows symmetry throughout. Dark cherry fruit, cassis, plum, lavender and campfire ash set the tone. The mouthfeel is thickly woven and generous, more so than the more linear and focused 2016 Brunello Pianrosso (that I preferred by a tiny margin). This special Riserva represents a 11,000-bottle production. Monica Larner – The Wine Advocate