TASTING NOTES:
Lush and saturated with cherry, blackberry and plum fruit, this red is seductive and harmonious. Shows serious, gripping tannins, but this is balanced in its youthful way. Mineral, Mediterranean scrub and juniper notes add dimension. Offers a terrific, expansive aftertaste.
- Wine Spectator, 97 pts.
The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Piero is wrapped up tight in its youthful state, with a whiff of dusty dried herbs, ashen stone, nuances of spiced orange and camphor. Its silken feel and ripe red and black fruits soothe the palate as a tension-building mix of brisk acidity, saline minerals and fine tannins adds cheek-pinching tension toward the close. This echoes with blue and purple inner florals, structured and intense, as a pleasantly bitter dark chocolate tinge lingers long. It's hard to read today, yet the 2021 possesses the balanced and dense complexity to mature effortlessly.
- Vinous, 95+ pts.
Displaying a rich garnet/red hue, the 2021 Brunello Di Montalcino Piero is ripe and spice-driven on the nose, with resinous aromas of tarry earth, toasted rosemary, baked cherries, and polished leather. The palate is medium to full-bodied and shines with brisk acidity and ripe tannins, giving it terrific clarity as well as a citrusy lift that comes through on the finish.
- Jeb Dunnuck, 94 pts.
This shows ripe red berries, citrus peel, licorice and a hint of wet earth on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied with firm, lightly chewy tannins and a backbone of vivid acidity. Tight and structured with a persistent, dusty finish. Try from 2028.
- James Suckling, 94 pts.
The Talenti 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Piero, recognizable by its white label, is a richly concentrated wine marked by thicker extraction and dense flavors of plum and blackcurrant layered with toasted spice and sweet tobacco. A contemporary, oak-forward aromatic profile gives way to a more streamlined palate that ultimately highlights the inherent firmness and austerity of Montalcino Sangiovese. Produced in just 4,000 bottles plus magnums, the wine is aged in tonneaux and sourced from a two-hectare vineyard of predominantly galestro schistic clay at a breezy 400 meters above sea level.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 pts.
