Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS 2012

SIRO PACENTI

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS
2012

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$266.75

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Product code
13387697
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$232.07
Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
Region
Tuscany
Appellation
Brunello di Montalcino
Classification
Riserva
Varietal(s)
Sangiovese 100 %
Alcohol percentage
14.5%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Aging vessel type
French oak
Length of aging
24 months
Total acidity
5 g/l
PH
3,52
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About this winery

Identified by the Wine Spectator as 'the best winemaker in the appellation of Brunello di Montalcino', Giancarlo Pacenti took over running his family's 60 hectare estate in 1988. His wines are renowned for their combination of richness and structure. They somehow remain remarkably fresh, pure, and elegant, despite being aged in French oak barriques rather than the large Slovenian oak botti many producers choose in the pursuit of freshness, purity and elegance. The total estate includes 20...

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Product notes

PS is made from the grapes grown in a single vineyard planted by Siro Pacenti on the north side of Montalcino at the beginning of the Seventies. Bottled only in exceptional vintages. It is not filtered and requires long ageing. PS is well structured, elegant and potent, possessing the unique character of the land where it is born.

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 96 points -

Monica Larner, February 2018 (Vintage 2012)

The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS is absolutely impressive, but with only 4,500 bottles made, it may not prove easy to locate. This precious expression of Sangiovese exhibits a gorgeous level of intensity and power, coupled by elegance and poise. The long presentation of aromas starts with black fruit and cherry confit and continues to crushed stone, toasted spice, cola and medicinal herb. The wine's texture sticks firmly to the palate. This Brunello ages in French oak for two years.

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Wine Spectator

- 95 points -

Bruce Sanderson, June 2018 (Vintage 2012)

A modern style, exuding coffee, vanilla, cherry and tobacco flavors. Vibrant, offering grip and picking up mineral accents as this winds down on the finish. An elegant, minerally red under the oak. Best from 2021 through 2035

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Vinous

- 94 points -

Ian D'Agata, April 2018 (Vintage 2012)

Deep red. Smoky, torrefacted notes complicate bright red cherry and mineral aromas on the enticing nose. Then rich, ripe and round in the mouth, offering a generous, broad mouthfeel and a captivating multilayered quality to the flavors of red fruit, blood orange and underbrush. The finish is long and supple.

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 Wine Enthusiast

- 91 points -

Kerin O'Keefe, (Vintage 2012)

Underbrush, sunbaked earth, French oak, coconut and balsamic aromas lead pave the way on this full-bodied red. Concentrated and structured, the firm palate delivers dried Marasca cherry, ripe plum, licorice and coffee bean alongside close-grained, rather astringent tannins that clench the finish. Give this a few years to unfurl. 

 

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