Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS 2016

SIRO PACENTI

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS
2016

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$308.50

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Product code
14581889
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Store Only
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$268.40
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

James Suckling

- 98 points -

(Vintage 2016)

Enchanting hues of blue fruits, raspberries and black cherries with flowers such as rosemary flower and violets. Full-bodied with a dense and intense palate of ripe tannins that are fine and polished. So persistent and beautiful with focus and brightness. Goes on for minutes. Try after 2024.

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Vinous

- 95 points -

2021 (Vintage 2016)

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.

 

 

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Jancis Robinson

17

(Vintage 2016)

Mid to deep ruby. Deep, sweet cherry nose with more than a hint of cardamom. Bags of maraschino cherry and supple acidity on the palate building up a very long, aromatic finish with the perfect dose of chewy tannins. A baroque, dramatic wine (WS)

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