Tasting Notes
This is not at all like other Brunello. It boasts a fragrance and elegance much more reminiscent of the flowers, musk and raspberry/strawberry of Barbaresco’s dress-circle of Asili, Martinenga and Rabaja, Neive‘s Santo Stefano or of a young Musigny? And it has the density of an Asili Riserva.
While fermentation was over and this came off skins in under 10 days, and it had only a little more than a year in barriques, the intensity and texture might make you think this had far more work put in. Again, this remarkable site!
You will spend ages unravelling an aromatic profile which also has characteristic notes of woodsy herbs and something I can only describe as ‘hippy perfume’ or incense? Deep, dense, layered yet seamless and fabulously fresh and radiant, Cerbaiona Brunello is unlike any other wine of Montalcino. - Importer Note
This Cerbaiona Brunello is more than just the result of its ‘intermediate’ zone location i.e. not the leaner and more restrained north, nor the richer, more ripe southern part of Montalcino. No, here and exactly on the Cerbaiona ridge, with its exaggerated and obvious limestone and shale-infused sandy soil, something very individual happens.
Wanting to move away from what he refers to as a somewhat ‘hit or miss’ approach under Cerbaiona founder Diego Molinari, Fioretti has extensively replanted with massale and selected clones.
This, along with close planting and an incredibly detailed winery overhaul, will take all but the most adverse vintage vagaries out of play and let one of Italy’s greatest vineyard sites clear to do its thing.
| Product Type | Wine Red Sangiovese |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Sub Region | Montalcino |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Minimal Intervention |