Salicutti - Brunello Di Montalcino Piaggione 2019 (750ml)
Wine Spectator: 98 Points
Alluring and harmonious this red features fresh ripe cherry strawberry rose and mineral flavors allied to a beautifully integrated structure. Silky in texture and complex this evolves to a long intense aftertaste echoing the fruit and picking up savory notes of Mediterranean herbs. So delicious you'll want to drink this now. Best from 2026 through 2045. 470 cases made 380 cases imported.
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
Also expressive the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino Piaggione is ruby with a magenta tinge and offers notes of raspberry liqueur violets and polished wood spices. Refined with fine tannins and a very balanced texture it?s velvety and has a long finish. Drink 2025-2045.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
The Salicutti 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione shows macerated aromas of cherry skin with a punchy almost carbonic-adjacent quality that gives vibrancy and energy to the bouquet. Fruit comes from a site with lots of rocks and rich limestone soils. The bouquet starts off with tart pomegranate or rainier cherry delivered with pinpoint directness and then opens to embrace softer tones of underbrush toasted fennel seed and cumin. The oak is almost invisible although you do feel the enriched texture and the wine's powdery tannins. The wine ends on a glossy note but ultimately those tannins do stick around and you feel them for a long while. Although I have had my eye on this estate for a while Salicutti is one of the breakout stars of this report. Sabine and Felix Eichbauer are relative newcomers to this storied Tuscan appellation having acquired this estate in 2015 from the talented Francesco Leanza. The Munich-based couple completed a new winery and revisited the winemaking program making small tweaks yet maintaining the soulful character of the wines established under the previous ownership. This estate is a true gem and one that any Brunello lover should know and collect. This year we see the return of a village bottling that sources from across the various vineyard holdings in addition to the three crus: Sorgente Piaggione and Teatro. Salicutti is organic and was certified for biodynamics in 2022. Published: Dec 14 2023
Kerin O'Keefe: 96 Points
Camphor dark culinary spice fragrant purple flower and a whiff of forest floor greet the nose on the compelling 2019 Salicutti Piaggione. It?s full-bodied and loaded with finesse delivering flavors of juicy Marasca cherry licorice almond liqueur and blood orange before an almost salty finish. Polished tannins keep it smooth. A fantastic wine. Drink 2029?2039. Abv: 14% Kerin O?Keefe November 2023 ©kerinokeefe.com
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