2017 Salicutti Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione [JS94][WE93][WS93][WA93][JD93]
2017 Salicutti Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione [JS94][WE93][WS93][WA93][JD93]
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Producer: Salicutti
Region: Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
Varietal: Sangiovese
Year: 2017
James Suckling, 94 Points
"This is complex and refined with mushroom, cedar, fresh herb and black cherries. It’s medium-bodied with a tight and focused finish. From organically grown grapes. Give this time to completely open. Better in a two or three years."
Wine Enthusiast, 93 Points
"Game, camphor and blue flower aromas make their way to the forefront along with crushed fennel seed. The firm, elegantly structured palate offers juicy strawberry, blood orange and star anise alongside baking spice accompanied by taut, polished tannins. Bright acidity keeps it lifted and fresh. Drink 2024–2029."
Wine Spectator, 93 Points
"This supple red is marked by macerated cherry, plum, fruit cake, floral and leather aromas and flavors. Lively and balanced, with a light coating of tannins on the long aftertaste. Best from 2024."
Wine Advocate, 93 Points
"The Salicutti 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione (closed with a black wax capsule) is pure and genuine in character, but it also shows simple lines and not as much depth as we saw in the previous vintage. However, if the goal in 2017 was to avoid overt ripeness or heaviness, those two objectives have been accomplished quite successfully in this wine. Aromas of wild cherry, rose and grilled herb are lifted and pretty, and the wine shows varietal character that is especially pure. Fruit comes from the tiny Piaggione vineyard, which measures just over a hectare and is farmed meticulously by hand."
Jeb Dunnuck, 93 Points
"Ripe, lifted aromas exude from the 2017 Brunello Di Montalcino Piaggione, with a jeweled ruby color and forward notes of licorice, wild raspberry, menthol, and leather. It is medium to full-bodied, with a supple texture and a weightless feel, its perfume lasting long on the palate. Offering ripe tannins with no harsh edges and a silky mouthfeel fleshed out with black cherry, cedar, forest floor, and warming spice on the finish, the wine is balanced and is well detailed for this opulent vintage."
Winemaker Notes:
"Made from Sangiovese grown in the Piaggione vineyard. Beautiful bright middling red; aroma and flavor of red berries, herbs (angelica), and botanicals like sandalwood; texture is almost Burgundian, the combination of fine dark-chocolate tannins and fresh Sangiovese acidity is long and mouthwatering. If you can stand not to drink it now it will age for 15-20 years in finer vintages."
Alcohol: 15%
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