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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Giggs on 12/7/2022 & rated 86 points: This is aggressively oaked, as Siro Pacenti ages everything in French barriques, but it’s far too much for the fruit of this inferior vintage to handle. The result is a nose reminiscent of bourbon with notes of caramel, clove, pine, acetone, and banana peel. On the palate there’s front-loaded prune liqueur and dried cherry quickly followed by cedar smoke and dry oak. It finishes with pleasantly fine-grained tannins that give a nod to the high quality of production despite the year. But it’s a case where the prescribed barrel strategy (in tandem with Brunello’s oak-ageing requirement) has forced a poor harvest to endure the same treatment that only a great vintage might deserve. (753 views) |
| By Walter Speller
JancisRobinson.com (1/12/2022)
(Siro Pacenti, Vecchie Vigne Brunello di Montalcino Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Eric Guido
Vinous, Jekyll and Hyde: 2017 Brunello di Montalcino and 2016 Riservas (Dec 2021) (12/1/2021)
(Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Vecchievigne Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (11/1/2021)
(Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Producer Location (Google Maps)SangioveseSANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-vhe-se").
Sangiovese - Italy's claim to fame, the pride of Tuscany. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. It produces Chianti (Classico), Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. Sangiovese is also the backbone in many of the acclaimed, modern-styled "Super-Tuscans", where it is blended with Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) and typically aged in French oak barrels, resulting a wine primed for the international market in the style of a typical California cabernet: oaky, high-alcohol, and a ripe, jammy, fruit-forward profile.[16]
Semi-classic grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used to produce the Chianti and other Tuscan red wines. Has many clonal versions, two of which seem to predominate. The Sangiovese Grosso clone Brunello variety is used for the dark red, traditionally powerful and slow-maturing "Brunello di Montalcino" wine. The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, also known under the historical synonym name Sangioveto, used for standard Chianti Classico DOC wines. Old vine derived wine is often used in the better versions, needing several years ageing to reach peak. A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas. Among the available clonal versions are R6 and R7, derived from the Montalcino region of Italy, having average productivity/ripening and producing small berries on medium size clusters. R10 and R24 are well-recommended. R23, listed as deriving from the Emilia-Romagna region, has good vigor with medium-small clusters with earlier ripening. R102 derives from the Montepulciano region and reported to have average vigor with moderate productivity that results in higher sugar levels and good acidity from medium-small berries on medium-small clusters. Has synonym name of Nielluccio where grown in Corsica.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytMontalcino Montalcino websiteBrunello di Montalcino Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino (Official DOCG website) |
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