Description
Giancarlo Pacenti’s old-vine Brunello from two contrasting sites — the cool clay soils of Pelagrilli in the north and the warmer sands of Piancornello in the south — aged in French barriques for extraordinary concentration and complexity. Blackberry, cigar, espresso and dark spice with a monumental tannic structure that needs a decade to fully resolve. James Suckling named the Vecchie Vigne his Wine of the Year for the 2015 vintage — this 2018 follows in that tradition.
94 points, Vinous – “The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne opens with hauntingly dark florals and balsamic tones, as swirling brings about hints of black currant and crushed stone. This is supremely soft-textured, yet lifted by cooling minerality and bright acidity that guides its crunchy wild berry fruits across the palate. It tapers off with amazing length and potency, drenching the senses with primary concentration, as a framework of fine tannins gently tug at the cheeks. The 2018 Vecchie Vigne is a radiant Brunello in need of cellaring to fully blossom. That said, I don’t remember ever tasting a VV from Siro Pacenti with this much energy. I’m very eager to taste this again with some bottle age.”
