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Robert Parker (95)
The Salicutti 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione draws its fruit from a small 1.2-hectare parcel that sits a little lower in altitude on this beautiful bijou estate. Piaggione is one of the historic single-vineyard wines made here, and its personality is generous, open knit and elegant. The oak is well integrated and the wine offers taut, fresh and pure fruit intensity. There are bright berry and sour cherry aromas with blue flower, rosemary and a touch of crushed stone. Production for this pretty wine is 7,760 bottles.
Vinous (94)
Dark and brooding, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione slowly awakens from its slumber with a delicate bouquet of dried roses and strawberries offset by camphor and dusty earth. This is a model of purity, with cooling acidity and lifted red and hints of blue fruit carried across a mineral-laden core of tart cherries and spice. A subtle tug of fine tannin lingers, framing the experience more than slowing its momentum. The 2016 tapers off long, tactile and perfumed, leaving pretty inner rose and clove notes. The minerality and lift provided by Piaggione’s calcareous soils are stunning. While drinking this today can be pleasurable, waiting is highly recommended.
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Falstaff (96)
Clear ruby. Charming nose with rich notes of ripe plums, some cranberry and wild raspberry, liquorice in the background. Characterised on the palate by grippy, gripping tannin, hearty, fine ripe fruit, seems a bit rough on the finish.
Wine Enthusiast (94)
Aromas of baked plum, coconut, camphor and rose mingle together on this enveloping red. The concentrated, full-bodied palate offers cherries marinated in spirits, licorice and tobacco set against tightly packed, fine-grained tannins.
The Wine Independent (95)
