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2019 Baricci "Montosoli" Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

2019 Baricci "Montosoli" Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

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Kerin O'Keefe

Review Date: 12/2024

Dedicated to Nello Baricci who founded the small estate in 1955, the 2019 Riserva Nello is compelling, starting with its enticing aromas of underbrush, pressed violet, camphor and ripe dark-skinned berry. Smooth and elegantly structured, the delicious palate has layers of flavors including juicy black cherry, raspberry, licorice and mocha set against a backbone of refined, close-grained tannins. Showing the nature of the vintage, it’s still youthfully austere, with vibrant acidity. It’s already gorgeous but give it time to fully develop. (KO)

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Professional Reviews

96

Vinous

Review Date: 11/2023
The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Nello is impossible to ignore, slowly emerging from the glass with an alluring blend of crushed plum and cherry complemented by cedar shavings, minty herbs and hints of spiced orange. It's mid-weight yet silken in feel, with pure red berry fruits that ride a wave of fresh acidity as inner rose tones and tactile minerals amass toward the close. Seamless from start to finish, it leaves sweet tannins to resonate through the long and youthfully tense finale as a tart blackberry tinge lingers on. (EG)

96

Wine Spectator

Review Date: 06/2025
This is sleek and refined, its black cherry, blackberry, black pepper and tar flavors laced with mineral and spice accents. Tightly wound and like a laser, this remains focused and penetrating on the long, brooding and salty aftertaste. Its serious tannins will need a few years to soften. Best from 2028 through 2047. 250 cases made, 70 cases imported. (BS)

Staff Reviews

Orazio Campoli
K&L Buyer
Review Date: 02/2026
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If the 2021 is about ethereal elegance, the 2019 Riserva is about profound depth and classic power. Sourced from the oldest vines on the estate and aged longer in traditional Slavonian oak, this is a wine built for the ages. The 2019 vintage provided the perfect structural framework for a long-lived Riserva. The wine is youthfully inward and brooding, slowly revealing layers of black raspberry, balsamic spice, sage, and licorice. It is darker and more savory than the annata, with a core of iron-like minerality that speaks to the ancient soils of the vineyard. The finish is endless, driven by youthful tension and noble tannins. This is a wine to bury in the cellar for a decade; it will emerge as one of the greatest wines of your life.

Notes

The 2019 Baricci "Nello" Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a profound and laser-focused expression of the Montosoli hill, produced only in top vintages as a tribute to the estate's founder. On the nose, it is sleek and multifaceted, offering intense aromas of black cherry, blackberry, and dark plums interwoven with sophisticated notes of cedar, leather, and camphor. The palate is exceptionally refined and structured, balancing a dense fruit core with a vibrant, salty minerality and a penetrating acidity that drives the wine forward like a laser. It finishes with immense length and youthful tension, marked by firm but polished "al dente" tannins and lingering nuances of black pepper, tar, and balsamic spices. This is a monumental Riserva from a legendary vintage, designed for significant aging and showcasing a stunning fusion of power and grace.

Product Details

Origin: Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy

Type/Varietal: Sangiovese

Alcohol Content: 14%

SKU: #1974980

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