Brunello di Montalcino La Cerbaiola 2020 Salvioni

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (97)

I tasted the Salvioni 2020 Brunello di Montalcino La Cerbaiola at the winery with Giulio Salvioni and his daughter Alessia after a long walk in the vineyards on a crisp autumn morning. There were a couple of really cute dogs running around as well. This is a gorgeous expression, and it is so important to see the vines and soils when considering a wine like this. Schistic galestro with quartz give this Brunello elegant mineral tones that frame a core of wild fruit and pressed violet. The wine shows that pretty pinch of citrus or blood orange that you often get with classical Sangiovese. The style is bright, transparent and finely polished.

Vinous (96)

The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino seduces from the glass with a complex and layered bouquet as pine shavings and mint lift black raspberry aromas. It features a bouquet with whiffs of dried orange peels, saddle leather and Tuscan dust. This hovers across the palate, graceful and serene, casting a silken feel and remaining seemingly weightless and refined. It showcases ripe red and hints of blue fruit complemented by violet inner florals. The energy within is spellbinding, especially when combined with the sapidity of its fruit. The 2020 tapers off long and fresh, with sweet tannins that make for a perfect punctuation to the experience. Salvioni found a beautiful balance in the 2020 vintage that shows no sign of the warm conditions one might expect.

Jeb Dunnuck (97)

The 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino is one of the standouts of the vintage and is a youthful ruby/magenta color. On the nose, it’s floral and perfumed with aromas of violets, black cherries, graphite, rosemary, and fresh sage. It’s seamless on the palate, with a weightless feel in a medium to full-bodied frame, and has plush tannins, refreshing acidity, and a haunting finish. This stunning wine should drink well over the next 20 years.

Decanter (95)

Encircled by woodlands, Salvioni’s four hectares lie on a plateau at 420 metres above sea level, tilting gently to the southeast. The 2020 expresses the warmth and ripeness of the vintage while preserving intrinsic sense of place. A fragrant panoply of Mediterranean herbs, forest undergrowth and cardamom leads into earthy depths on the palate. Precisely chiselled chalky tannins bolster layers of wild berries admirably. Structure is securely at the fore here, assuring a good stint in the cellar. The protracted finish of liquorice root and juniper corroborates that there is more to come.