San Polino Brunello Montalcino Helichrysum 2018 - IN BOND
The 2018 Helichrysum received an abundance of praise, yielding from vineyards around the San Polino winery, in the southeast of Montalcino.
The 2018 Helichrysum received an abundance of praise, yielding from vineyards around the San Polino winery, in the southeast of Montalcino.
“Sour cherries, licorice, lemon verbena and balsamic on the nose. There’s lavender and sandalwood, too. So much pure sangiovese character with tangy acidity and juicy sour and savory hints carrying this wine long. Firm, grippy tannins that are at the forefront for now. Give it a few years.
San Polino’s classic and characteristically delicate Brunello di Montalcino is from 5 hectares in the northeast of the appellation, on deep clay soils.
Since the first vintage in 2001, Helichrysum has become sought after for its liberal, focused minerality which comes from the fossils found in the vineyards and is a wine Katia affectionately refers to as their ‘gifted student’, which is reflected in the lavish care with which it’s handled.
2019 saw a cold winter with some snow, but rarely sub-zero temperatures. When spring came it gave a dry March and adequate rain in April and May.
96 Points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2021: "The 2019 Cepparello is super-impressive, even though it has just been bottled. Ample and creamy, with its classic sense of mid-weight structure, the 2019 has so much to offer. Silky tannins wrap around a core of red/purplish berry fruit.
Already having scored 97 points from The Wine Independent's Susan Hulme MW, 96 points from Decanter's Aldo Fiordelli and 94+ points from Vinous's Antonio Galloni, it is clear this is a 'enticing wine worth waiting for' (DC).
2021 Rossj-Bass displays the main features of the vintage well, with intense fruit concentration and floral notes. The nose shows ripe citrus notes of lemon peel and orange evolving into tropical fruits. The richness of the nose and the same notes are reflected on the palate, where remarkable acidity balances the fruit concentration.
The Fonterutoli estate is located in the heart of the Chianti Classico DOC in Tuscany and has remained in the same family for 24 generations. The Mazzei family owns 117 hectares of vine, divided in 120 parcels all harvested by hand. Grapes are vinified and matured separately in order to add complexity to the wines.
Cannonau Is The Oenological Nexus Of Sardinia, And Perhaps Of The Entire Mediterranean Basin. Sella & Mosca Lavishes Extra Care On It, Cultivating It In The Warm And Sandy Seaside Vineyards And The Harsh And Rocky Inland Soils Of The Hills
It Has The Original Nose, With A Slight Breeze That Alcohol Presents Aromas Of Black Cherry, Anise, Rose Water And Myrtle, Mottled With Shades Of Sweet Pipe Tobacco.
Personality And Verve In The Mouth, Which Affects The Quality Of Texture, Silky And Glycerine. Pleasant’s Already Found Out On Fruity Nose Wing.
*NEW RELEASE* A rich, round, and fruity expression of the vintage. The Barbaresco 2020 shows notes of strawberry, red fruit, and cherry. The palate shows great integration of the tannins, more rounded than in 2019 yet gentle and graceful.
Flagship wine of an internationally renowned estate. 91 pts, James Suckling. 90+pts, Gold Medal, Gilbert & Gaillard 2018, Gold Medal in CITTA' DEL VINO, International Wine Competition 2023
CEPPARELLO 2020 17++ points – Walter Speller, May 2023, JancisRobinson.com : Dark ruby. Enticing, lifted, rich cherry laced with the perfect dose of oak. Polished, full, concentrated and supple on the palate; suave and long, with finely ground tannins woven into the succulent fruit.
CEPPARELLO 2020 17++ points – Walter Speller, May 2023, JancisRobinson.com : Dark ruby. Enticing, lifted, rich cherry laced with the perfect dose of oak. Polished, full, concentrated and supple on the palate; suave and long, with finely ground tannins woven into the succulent fruit.
The Costanti family has owned this 10-hectare estate in Montalcino for over 200 years. In the latter part of the 19th century, Count Tito Costanti [1827-1895], Clementi Santi and Ferruccio Biondi Santi were pioneers in Montalcino.
96 points Susan Hulme MW TWI “The 2017 Biondi Santi Brunello has a lightly fragrant oak nose with notes of cream and vanilla and cherry. The weight is beautifully ethereal with a little of that weightless quality that you find in very fine wines.
*Last Few Cases At The ORIGINAL Release Price*
VARIETY: 100 % Nebbiolo.
SOIL TYPE: medium consistency soil tending to clay.
VINEYARDS: located in Rivalta di La Morra and Verduno.
ORIENTATION: routheast.
ELEVATION: 400 metres.
YEAR PLANTED: 1996 - 1999 - 2000.
Scores and press not yet published. PRE RELEASE OFFER. After several retrospective tastings of Cepparello going back to the 1990s, Emanuele was astounded by the precision and quality of the new release:
“The 2021 vintage has everything inside.”
Scores and press not yet published. PRE RELEASE OFFER. After several retrospective tastings of Cepparello going back to the 1990s, Emanuele was astounded by the precision and quality of the new release:
“The 2021 vintage has everything inside.”
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