Argiano Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo 2016 750ml
Size:750ml
Country:Italy
Region:Tuscany
Grape:
Red
£188.00
Price per bottle
Wine Profile
Wine Description
Producer:Argiano
Country:Italy
Region:Tuscany
Vintage:2016
Grape:
Red
“This special single-vineyard wine comes from a 3.5-hectare site with vines 50- or 60-something years old. The Argiano 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo opens to warm earthy notes that evoke the name of the wine: “vineyard of the soil.” The fruit comes through in a second wave with dried raspberry, cassis and dried cherry. But that theme of earthiness permeates the entire experience and is evoked in the powdery dryness of the tannins too. These traits are characteristic of cement fermentation, which this wine does complete, but also of the calcareous marl soils of the site. This is an elegant wine that most certainly needs extra bottle time to gain in depth and volume. A special collaboration with tonnellerie Taransaud was started to create the custom 10-hectoliter oval casks used to age this production.” Monica Larner, Wine Advocate. (2020)