Producer details
The bouquet is intense and complex: fruit-forward, spicy, and ethereal, with hints of red berries and various spices. Warm, harmonic with pronounced and soft tannins. A full-bodied wine with a very long aftertaste. A Brunello that can be refined in the bottle for many years. Excellent with roasted and game meat. Enjoyable with mature cheeses or as a meditation wine.
Aging
Minimum of 36 months in oak barrels.
Minimum of 12 months in bottle
Grape Varieties
100% Sangiovese
Alc: 15%
Ratings
97 points - Robert Parker The Wine Advocate “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 an 11,000-bottle production.”
97 points - James Suckling “There’s a bright edge to this red, harnessing the cherry, strawberry, rosehip, mineral, and tobacco flavors that build on the palate to a long finish. Displays terrific energy and balance, with an aftertaste that echoes both fruit and savory elements. Best from 2024 through 2050. 833 cases made.”