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Salvioni, Cerbaiola Brunello di Montalcino 2021
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Reviewed by: Monica Larner
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.
About the Producer
Surrounded by woodland, the 20 hectares of La Cerbaiola look out over the Val d’Orcia from an altitude of 420 metres, opening up like a gently sloping plateau four kilometres to the southeast of Montalcino. The air is clear, a slight breeze rustles the leaves, and on the hillside opposite the outlines of Pienza, San Quirico and Ripa d’Orcia are clearly visible. There are three small vineyards for a total of 4 hectares, each with its own characteristics: soils that vary from chalky schist to stony marl; and subtle differences of micro-climate that influence the ripening of the grapes. All the work in the vineyard is carried out by hand, with hard pruning to obtain low yields of fruit and careful selection during the manual harvest. Production is deliberately limited, to obtain the very best from a unique terroir: 10,000 bottles a year when only Brunello is made; and 15,000 for the years in which there is also some Rosso di Montalcino.
