90POINTS
16½/20
Poggio Salvi di Montalcino Brunello di Montalcino 2008
Montalcino, Siena, Tuscany, ItalySpicy, peppery, tobacco, smoky, coffee nose with aromatic cedar, blackberry, liquorice, caraway, vanilla and curry notes. Fresh, juicy, warm palate with light tannins and black pepper, gamey, black cherry, leather, Oxo cube, coffee, resin, smoky herb and tobacco flavours. Needs a few years to flesh out but on the lighter side of rich and lengthy.Tasted: 05 May 2014Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:BC | $56.00 | 750ml | speculative listing - Galileo Wine and Spirit |
Grape: SangioveseCSPC: 217182UPC: 8053629460030