2016 Brunello di Montalcino, Pianrosso, Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona, Tuscany, Italy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Sangiovese
Ready - youthful
Product: 20168209674
Description
This single vineyard wine is a wine of pure elegance and class. A beautiful nose of forest fruits, dark cherry and plum, with an awesome minerality and a hint of fresh mushroom. The palate is fruit forward with notes of red berries and enriched spice, full-bodied, firm and silky tannins, yet balanced wonderfully by the tangy acidity. Produced only on the best vintages, 2016 is proving to be the best. A wine with spectacular potential, stash away in the cellar and reap the rewards. Drink 2022-2040
Joshua Friend – Private Account Manager
The 2016 Pianrossa displays real grace and poise on the nose. Plenty of dark fruit present, but delicately perfumed and floral, rather than being densely compact and tightly wound. There is an alluring hint of exotic spice in the background too. The palate is highly impressive. Wonderfully woven tannins create a silky mouthfeel, complemented, and perfectly balanced by fresh and juicy acidity, notes of dark cherry, milk chocolate and crushed pebbles. I am pleasantly surprised by how accessible this wine already is, but I would recommend leaving it dormant in the cellar for 2-3 years yet. There is still so much more promise to come! Drink 2023-2032.
Dominic Goddard-John, Private Account Manager
“Rich and ripe, dark cherry fruit on the nose, fabulous depth and concentration here. Fantastic on the palate, huge depth of rounded black cherry fruit, concentrated and mouth-filling, great acidity and fine tannins. That’s very fine. Drink 2023-2040+.
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager
Joshua Friend – Private Account Manager
The 2016 Pianrossa displays real grace and poise on the nose. Plenty of dark fruit present, but delicately perfumed and floral, rather than being densely compact and tightly wound. There is an alluring hint of exotic spice in the background too. The palate is highly impressive. Wonderfully woven tannins create a silky mouthfeel, complemented, and perfectly balanced by fresh and juicy acidity, notes of dark cherry, milk chocolate and crushed pebbles. I am pleasantly surprised by how accessible this wine already is, but I would recommend leaving it dormant in the cellar for 2-3 years yet. There is still so much more promise to come! Drink 2023-2032.
Dominic Goddard-John, Private Account Manager
“Rich and ripe, dark cherry fruit on the nose, fabulous depth and concentration here. Fantastic on the palate, huge depth of rounded black cherry fruit, concentrated and mouth-filling, great acidity and fine tannins. That’s very fine. Drink 2023-2040+.
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona
About this wine
Sangiovese
A black grape widely grown in Central Italy and the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano as well as being the sole permitted grape for the famed Brunello di Montalcino.
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Brunello di Montalcino
Along with Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino is Tuscany's most famous DOCG and its boldest expression of the Sangiovese grape. Located 30 miles south of Siena, its 2,000 hectares of vines are hemmed in by the Orcia, Asso and Ombrone valleys. Brunello is the local name for the Sangiovese Grosso clone from which Brunello di Montalcino should be made in its entirety. The wine cannot be released for sale until five years after the harvest.
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Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona
Located in the south east of the Montalcino region close to the beautiful medieval village of Castelnuovo dell’Abate, the estate of Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona can trace its roots back to the 17th century. The Ciacci family owned the estate for over a hundred years until the death of Countess Elda Ciacci in 1985. As the Countess had no children, she left the property to her long standing and well-respected estate manager Giuseppe Bianchini. His hard work and dedication have been continued by his son and daughter, Paolo and Lucia, who have developed the property and wines to their current respected position. They have a total holding of 220 hectares of the rolling Tuscan hills bordered by the Orcia River which helps moderate the temperature of this hot and dry part of the region. 53 hectares are devoted to the wonderful Sangiovese Grosso grape which produce the Brunello di Montalcino together with small amounts of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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