Pian Orino, Brunello Montalcino Bassolino Sopra Size:3x750ml the 2005 Brunello di Montalcino

the 2005 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is quite similar in style and personality than the straight Brunello

(25% new oak)

perhaps because of the extraction and/or cooperage

fleshy and enveloping

It's a lighter and very fresh vintage

Pian Orino, Brunello Montalcino Bassolino Sopra Size:3x750ml the 2005 Brunello di MontalcinoThe 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Bassolino di Sopra opens with a cooling array of sweet sage and white smoke, giving way to hints of blackberry and camphor. This sweeps across the palate with textures of pure silk, pliant and supple, displaying ripe red and black fruit notes over a core of saline minerals and spice. It finishes structured and long with a spicy balsamic flourish as a bump of residual acidity keeps the mouth watering for more. This is