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2016 Brunello di Montalcino, Gemini, Riserva, La Serena, Tuscany, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Sangiovese
Ready - youthful (Drink 2022 - 2044)
Michaela Morris
92/100
James Suckling
95/100
Product: 20161133866

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2016 Brunello di Montalcino, Gemini, Riserva, La Serena, Tuscany, Italy

Description

This is a strict single-vineyard selection from the top of the farm. It’s always last to be harvested. Twenty days of natural fermentation and gentle maceration are followed by 36 months in the same 71-hectolitre botti. The 2016 vintage is intense and beautifully elegant. Savoury and weighty with spiced coffee notes and minerality, this needs time.

Drink 2026 - 2045

Davy Zyw, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2022 - 2044)
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer La Serena, Tuscany

Critics reviews

Michaela Morris 92/100
Just northeast of the town of Montalcino, La Serena now counts 12 hectares of vineyards. Gemini comes from a small plot surrounding the winery at 400 metres. It was planted in 1993. Sporting a flattering, perfumed nose, the 2016 offers tobacco, pressed violet and cherry bark. Rich-fruited and gentle on the entry, this builds with powerful, dry tannins that will require a couple more years to resolve. Appealing fennel and tamarind notes bring this to a close. Drinking Window 2024 – 2032Michaela Morris, Decanter (November 2021)
Drink 2024 - 2032
Michaela Morris, Decanter.com (Nov 2021)
James Suckling 95/100
Sweet berries and cherries with some fresh flowers. Very aromatic. Full-to medium-bodied with firm, layered tannins that are polished and focused. The fruit is clean and pure. Gorgeous finish. Drinkable now, but better in 2023 and onwards.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (November 2021)
Drink 2024 - 2032
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Nov 2021)

About this wine

Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino

Along with Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino is Tuscany's most famous DOCG and its boldest expression of the Sangiovese grape. Located 30 miles south of Siena, its 2,000 hectares of vines are hemmed in by the Orcia, Asso and Ombrone valleys. Brunello is the local name for the Sangiovese Grosso clone from which Brunello di Montalcino should be made in its entirety. The wine cannot be released for sale until five years after the harvest.
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