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THE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2021 VINTAGE IS CONSIDERED THE FINEST AND EQUAL TO THE BENCHMARK 2016!!!

 I had an amazing epicurean dining experience in Romitorio’s medieval castle hosted by Sandro Chia’s son Filippo when I attended the annual Consorzio Brunello tasting in Montalcino when Covid first broke out in Milan in February of 2020.

“Castello Romitorio’s 2021 Brunello di Montalcino channels much of the estate’s fruit over seven plots, as no Riserva was produced, resulting in a wine of notable depth and cohesion. Whispered and delicate at first, the bouquet unfolds with white pepper, blue flowers and grilled herb before moving toward darker tones of sweet blackberry. The palate is open-knit yet powerful, showing juicy ripeness, layered complexity and a structured mid-palate that remains streamlined in classic Sangiovese fashion. Fermented in cement with maceration times tailored to the thickness of the skins from each plot, typically ranging from 18 to 24 days and extending up to 30 days when needed, the wine was aged for 24 months in oak, with 90% in large barrels and 10% in second- and third-passage tonneaux.”  96+ points -Monica Larner, Wine Advocate