Brunello Montosoli, Canalicchio di Sopra 2021

The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Montosoli is impossible to ignore. It opens with a distinctly savory bouquet of ashen stones, rosemary, dusty violets and crushed blackberries. Elegant in style, it floods the palate with polished red berry fruits, violet tones and silken textures. The 2021 tapers off harmoniously with excellent length, leaving edgy tannins to pinch the cheeks as nuances of sour cherry fade. This is an understated yet deeply complex beauty, and easily one of the wines of the vintage. (Drink between 2028-2044)

Marked by exceptional mineral clarity, the Canalicchio di Sopra 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Montosoli stands out for its saline, almost salty character that brings brilliance and focus to the fruit. The friable, schistic galestro soils of Montosoli lend the wine its signature intensity and brightness, resulting in a deeply expressive and beautifully articulated palate that shines in this vintage. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, followed by 36 months of aging in large Slavonian oak casks. Production totals 4,133 bottles plus larger formats. 2027 - 2048

The Canalicchio di Sopra 2021 Brunello Vigna Montosoli is absolutely gorgeous, starting with its beautiful aromas of violet, lavender, Mediterranean scrub, perfumed berry and sandalwood. Elegantly structured and showing great intensity, the savory palate delivers succulent Marasca cherry, wild raspberry, licorice and blood orange underpinned by mint and saline minerality. Tightly woven, velvety tannins and fresh acidity keep it impeccably balanced. Drink 2031–2041.

Lustrous mid ruby with orange tinges. At first a little herbal and ethereal on the nose and really embryonic. Needs to take a deep breath to show perfumed, concentrated raspberry fruit and become more and more minerally. Great concentration and depth on the palate with perfectly built, firm tannins. Suave and elegant and yet with lots of stuffing. Fantastic length. Drink: 2030 – 2044