Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso 2016 (750ML)

98 WA / 98 WE / 98 JS / 17 JR

The Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso is a single-vineyard expression that draws its fruit from an 11.7-hectare parcel with moderately thick galestro soils with ancient marine material. This special site, awash under the brilliant light of a big, open sky, does indeed deliver a more pronounced mineral signature, with wild berry, rose and rosemary essence. This is a beautiful wine, taut and silky, with elegant tannins that will endure ambitious bottle aging. Production is 37,000 bottles. --Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate

Aromas of red berry, camphor and tobacco meld with rose in this fragrant, full-bodied red. The smooth palate is concentrated yet elegant, featuring raspberry jam, cherry marinated in spirits, licorice and coffee bean alongside a backbone of firm, velvety tannins. Drink 2023–2031. --Kerin O’Keefe, Wine Enthusiast

Lots going on here with black plums, ripe cherries, cedar, smoke and cocoa on the nose. Ash, chocolate, crushed walnuts and some praline. Mushrooms. This has firm, ripe tannins and a full body. Flavorful and juicy finish. Very structured. Drink after 2025. –James Suckling

From a single 11.7-ha vineyard at between 240 and 360 m above sea level. Fermentation in stainless-steel and glass-lined concrete tanks. Aged for 36 months in 7.5- to 62-hl Slavonian oak casks, followed by eight months in bottle. Mid ruby. Quite concentrated and rich but with more tension than the very accessible straight Brunello. Purer fruit too. Succulent and edgy at the same time. Polished, long and already approachable. (WS) Walter Speller, Jancis Robinson