Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino - Filo di Seta Riserva 2016 (750ml)

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~~Price: $555.00~~

Sale Price: $499.00

Producer	Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Varietal	Sangiovese
Vintage	2016
Size	750ml

Others: 100 Points

Raffaele Vecchione - WinesCritic.com

Incredibly elegant design showing complexity and sensory purity described in the alternating scents of wild blackberries, blueberry juice, plums, liquorice, Barbour vanilla, orange rind, citronella, linden blossom, white almonds, dried cherries and fresh origano. The secondary profile is genuine and smooth giving nuances of rose petals and grapefruit blended with fondant chocolate. Full bodied, silky tannins of incredible workmanship and a finale with a precise and sartorial closure. A new label for Castello Romitorio which has chosen the best grapes from their Single Vineyard Filo di Seta for the first time after 6 years. Better from 2023.

James Suckling: 98 Points

This is really powerful and intense with a full body, yet it remains agile and vivid. Chewy, but polished and classy. Persistent, yet weightless and floating. Black-cherry and dark-plum flavors with pine-cone and mushroom undertones. Give it at least five years to soften. Best after 2025.

Wine Spectator: 97 Points

This red is linear, dense and concentrated, both for its black cherry, black currant and blueberry fruit and its fine-grained, dusty tannins. Lively and balanced, yet needs time to unwind and gain more of the complexity that's buried within. The fresh, lingering finish reveals mineral, soy and spice accents. Best from 2025 through 2043. 325 cases made, 50 cases imported.

Wine Advocate: 97 Points

Here's a new wine from Castello Romitorio, and it makes perfect sense that the Filo di Seta project should also be presented as a Riserva (although I did a double take when I saw the wine price). The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Filo di Seta is elongated and silky. It wraps smoothly over the palate with well-dosed fruit, tannic structure and brilliant acidity. It should be exciting to follow this wine over the cooler and the warmer vintages of the future. It ages in oak for 30 months. Only 3,900 bottles were created.

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