Biondi Santi

Brunello Di Montalcino Docg Riserva

95/100, The Ritz, London: After a rainy winter and spring, the favorable weather that set in over a warm, sunny summer was interrupted toward harvest by intermittent rains leading to a slow, later-than-usual harvest from September 19. Still remarkably fresh yet at the same time savory in aroma, this Riserva, the 42nd produced since 1888, shows the youthful energy of a wine of intense red-berry fruit and herbal aromatics, its youthful vigor displaying a richness of concentrated, sweetly ripe cherry and black fruit underpinned by savory black-olive notes and a backbone of sinewy yet elegant tannins and delightfully refreshing acidity. 202555.