Baricci's 2018 Brunello di Montalcino opens with blood oranges and sour cherry, its graphite minerality cutting through dark fruit and grippy tannins with the clarity of a wine that knows exactly what it is. Built on the Montosoli slope, a place whose Sangiovese pedigree stretches back centuries, this is structured, hearty, and uncompromising: Montosoli in the glass, nothing else.
Winemaker Notes
Brightening, luminous ruby. Opens with notes of blood oranges, sour cherries, cedar and graphite. Hearty and rich on the palate, dark fruit notes, opens with grippy tannins, clear and straightforward, hearty finish.
Professional Ratings
96
Wine Spectator
91
Jancis Robinson
About the Producer
Nello Baricci, the founder of the estate, was born in Montalcino in 1921. In 1955, with the few savings of a lifetime, he bought the Eastern slope of the Montosoli hill, a very special place with a long tradition of Sangiovese cultivation dating back to the Middle- Age. The Montosoli hill was already famous for the production of high-quality wines thanks to its exceptional combination of soil composition and micro-climate. When the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino was established in 1967, Nello Baricci was already considered a Master of Sangiovese.
