2016 Brunello di Montalcino, CastelGiocondo, Frescobaldi, Tuscany, Italy
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Sangiovese
- Eric Guido
- 93/100
- Monica Larner
- 93/100
- James Suckling
- 95/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 97/100
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Description
Black cherry, sour plum and dried roses open and excite on the nose. The palate is polished, glossy fruit and unctuous in texture. Ripe berries, soft red and black fruits, spices, and wild herbs fill and punctuate the palate. As with all the great wines of 2016, the tannins are firm, but they have a silky chew, softened by the cappuccino notes of oak. There is a vivid, tightly coiled freshness, which extends the enjoyment and length. The final notes are woven with minerality. This is deserving of time.
Davy Zyw, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Critics reviews
Sour cherries, spiced orange and dusty dried flowers open in the glass, as the 2016 Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino slowly blossoms. The textures are creamy, contrasted by cooling minerality and juicy acids, as tart red berries saturate under an air of sweet herbs and inner florals. This finishes dry yet long, with chewy tannins and remnants of crunchy red fruit. The 2016 Castelgiocondo needs some time to come together, yet it has all of the balance necessary to mature into a real beauty.
Drink 2026 - 2038
The Frescobaldi 2016 Brunello di Montalcino CastelGiocondo shows dark fruit, plum and spice. The wine offers good density and richness, but the aromatic intensity is downplayed compared to some of its peers from this classic vintage. Other than that, all the wine's elements are in the right place with cherry, wild plum, rose and tilled earth.
Drink 2023 - 2038
Black-cherry and blackberry aromas with minerals and fresh flowers, following through to a full body with firm, silky tannins that are polished and intense. Lovely finesse and length.
Drink after 2023
A great year for Brunello and this is like a breath of fresh air, transporting you to Tuscany. Emphasis on dried herbs, leather, campfire smoke with traces of sweet cherry, butterscotch and coffee bean. Love the soft and gentle waves of flavour that gather power through the palate; tannins are grippy and mouthwatering, and this is pretty irresistible. One of the original producers of Brunello in the 1800s, with vineyards planted between 250-400 metres above sea level, still setting the pace.
Drink 2022 - 2036
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