2009 Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  1/30/2021 - james05500 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I would say - just in time. The wine with lots of tertiary notes in the nose after 4 hours of decanting. Only the day after, it evolved to some red fruits in sugar (cherry in liquor). The palate is balanced with a little dominant of acidity but this does not disturb much. The next day all smoother and silkier. Maybe this is the solution - to drink bottles after 24 hours... I would not keep it longer though.

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  3/19/2018 - shurpa14 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Really nice for a 2009. A lot of fruit and some tertiary. Garnet edges and ruby. No other notes but really good for the money.

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  7/19/2017 - SimonS wrote: 91 Points

  This was really good tonight, with a decant. Quite lush dark fruit - blackberry perhaps, but sweet ones. Tannins receding nicely.

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  2/2/2017 - mcromain1021 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drank this over 2 days. Upon opening, I got an immediate hard-boiled egg aroma (only on day 1) which blew off after a short time. Nice Brunello. This one is definitely fruit forward blackberries, black currant with full body. Tannins are still prevalent but not overpowering. I think this could get better over the next 3-5 years.

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  5/19/2016 - J3r0me H@n Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Takes a few hours to really open up.
  
  Nose was savory with mulchy cedar wood and dark fruits.
  
  Palatte was more fruit than I expected and didn't have a body that I usually expect from a Brunello. But the flavors were big and well balanced. Bright cherries, floral, more forest floor, and a slight fennel/licorice note on the finish.
  
  Would be much better in a few more years but still delicious today.

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