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Talenti, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2015
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Reviewed by: Eric Guido
Here I find a dark, intense, and alluringly rich display with crushed cherries and balsamic spices, giving way to hints of cedar, mint, and a grounding note of undergrowth. It floods the palate with silky textures, coasting on brisk acids, as floral-laced cherry-berry flavors soothe over a coating of saturating minerals and spice, with pretty inner florals on the close. The finish is medium in length, maintaining the wine’s juicy, fresh persona, with a flourish of cherry and sweet florals. The 2015 Talenti is ready to go and sure to please, with an amazing bouquet and zesty performance on the palate. It may not be a wine for the ages, but it sure is beautiful today.
Reviewed by: Ian d'Agata
Bright vibrant red-ruby. Inviting aromas of red plum, mocha, redcurrant jam, tobacco, and gently smoky herbs. Bright, silky and suave, with mellow flavors of redcurrant, red plum, tobacco and mocha. Multilayered and extremely stylish wine, finishing with polished tannins, outstanding balance and subtle persistence. So well-balanced in fact, this gorgeous Brunello is almost deceptively easy to drink and can practically be accessed even now. Very well done.
Reviewed by: Monica Larner
A powerful and meaningful expression of Sangiovese, the 2015 Brunello di Montalcino opens to dark and savory notes with blackberry and black current, showing some added extraction and richness in this beautiful vintage. The wine seems to build intensity and bandwidth within a relatively short time after being poured from the bottle. Ultimately, it offers an open and generous style that drinks well straight out of the gate, if you simply don't want to wait. Some 32,000 bottles were made.
Reviewed by: James Suckling
There’s freshness galore here in the form of orange zest and citrus peel. But this Brunello isn’t short on power either; red licorice, cardamom and dried hibiscus pepper the nose. To support the ripe fruit are layers of sinewy tannins and gliding acidity, making for an altogether sophisticated and edgy impression. Refined and elegant on the long finish. Drink from 2023.
About the Producer
The Talenti winery was founded in 1980, when Pierluigi Talenti decided to buy the property and land that had so fascinated him and made him fall in love since the fifties, a period in which he decided to move from the mountains of Romagna to the sweet and sunny hills of Montalcino. Since 1999 the property is followed by the family under the direction of the Riccardo Talenti, who combines respect for tradition with a search for new technologies and an eye to the future continues the work with the same passion.Currently, the company has a total area of 40 hectares of which 21 hectares of vineyards, 16 are cultivated in Sangiovese, partly selected in the territory of Montalcino directly over the years by Pierluigi, from which he obtained a product of great character and personality.
