Het groeiseizoen van 2021 in Montalcino was wat de lokale bevolking een klassiek oogstjaar noemt. Droge omstandigheden, koele nachten en een langzame, gelijkmatige rijping. De koele nachten waren van cruciaal belang voor Salvioni's wijngaard La Cerbaiola 2021, gelegen op 420 meter boven zeeniveau in het noordoosten van Montalcino. De koele nachten zorgden voor de zuurgraad en de aromatische details, waardoor deze Brunello het gestructureerde, klassieke profiel kreeg waarvoor het landgoed bekend staat.
Robert Parker (97)
The Salvioni 2021 Brunello di Montalcino La Cerbaiola opens quickly and gains clarity with each swirl, settling into a place of elegance and classical Sangiovese harmony. Dark fruit forms the core, framed by mineral tones and lifted floral highlights, and the palate carries this vintage forward with grace, revealing a delicate Sangiovese sweetness intertwined with subtle peppery spice and tart blood orange. Despite its 15% alcohol, the wine remains transparent and finely tuned, supported by beautifully managed tannins that are both firm and silky. This is a production of 14,750 bottles.
Vinous (97)
The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino is deeply complex and spicy, with a wild bouquet that blends orange shavings, sour cherries, rosemary and nuances of split pine. It possesses an impenetrable core of crunchy red berry fruits and mineral tones, with hints of clove adding a bitter bite under an air of violet inner florals. Youthfully dense yet refined, there is simply so much going on here, as tart cranberry blends with a saturation of fine tannins and inner rose tones swirl throughout. Nearly a minute goes by, and the 2021 can still be sensed through a tinge of licorice and lavender. This is a drop-dead gorgeous and radiant effort for Salvioni, with a bright future in store for patient collectors.
Jeb Dunnuck (96)
95-97
Also tasted from barrel, the 2021 Brunello Di Montalcino La Cerbaiola takes on notes of blood orange, dark berries, and dark earth. Offering a noble structure with good acidity and a more angular feel, it has a good deal of tension up front and a long finish.
Falstaff (95)
Sparkling, intense ruby with a fine garnet sheen. Very inviting nose, opens with ripe dark cherries, plus fresh plums and tobacco, with subtle peppery nuances in the background. Very fine and supple on the palate, opens up with fine-meshed tannins, crisp, shows firm nerve, lots of pressure on the finish, put it away for a few more years and forget about it.
