SIRO PACENTI - Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS - 2016

SIRO PACENTI

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS 2016

- 95 points -

It’s hard to pull yourself away from the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS, as a stunning mix of cooling mint and menthol gives way to cloves, cedar shavings, dried cherries and underbrush. This dark beauty further impresses with a texture like crushed velvet, weighty and fleshy yet refined. Sour berries combine with hints of blood orange and inner herbal tones to create an interplay of salty and sweet tension. It isn’t the concentration or the heady aromas or flavors that impress here as much as the gorgeous balance that they all create. The 2016 Riserva PS tapers off incredibly long, unexpectedly fresh, with fine-grained tannins and notes of licorice and black currant.