2012 Azienda Palazzo Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91.8 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View tomoem's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/30/2023 - tomoem wrote: 90 Points

  Knowing that the 2016 is not that classic vintage ..... we sampled this wine mostly against the 2018's. While this wine shows ripe fruits, it also does so with muted expression. Kind of like a weak vanilla ice cream.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Yagil's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/28/2022 - Yagil wrote: 92 Points

  pale brown-ruby-black
  med aromas and flavors intensity of dry red cherries, red plums, cranberries, oak-vanilla, tobacco & tea leaves, fine spices, delicate smoked meat, developing
  dry, high acidity, med tannins, med abv, med body, good complexity, med length finish, delicate flavors, can drink now - suitable for further aging.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View skurtz's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/19/2020 - skurtz Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened to breathe for Sun lunch and dinner, slow ox for 3h. Somewhat muted nose, some heat, vanilla, some backing spices. On the palate, well rounded red fruit, oak, soft tannins, and some spiciness in the long acid finish. 4h after opening, beautiful red cherries emerged and the wine blossomed and became well integrated. In the first 3 hours, one notch below the '10 BdM Val di Suga (91/92) which I tried last night but still very solid showing especially with grilled steak. Four hours after opening, 92/93. It really needed the extra time to show its best.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View oldwines's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/27/2020 - oldwines Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Tasted at Benvenuto Brunello NYC. Only 1,500 bottles produced. This producer is semi-modern as far as I can tell. while using large Slavonian Casks, I think the last 12 months for the Riserva's are spent in French barriques, at least that is what I told by the winery representative. This seemed much more approachable than the 2013 Riserva it was still very oak influenced showing spicy notes and a good bit of ripe cherry. Full bodied, fairly tannic and a little lower in acidity than ideal. Nonetheless I did find this the most enjoyable of theirs to drink today.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Yagil's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/22/2018 - Yagil wrote: 93 Points

  Palazzo visit & tasting: Clear, dark red-brown
  Clean, profound aroma of dry ripe cherries & earthy notes
  Dry, high acidity, high tannins, full body, rich ripe dry cherries flavours, structured, complexed, oak-vanilla, chocolate, long finish, impressing nose & palate, high potential
  Can age several more years to mature

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 6 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.