Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2021

Sesta di Sopra | Tuscany
Podere Sesta di Sopra | IT 53024 Castelnuovo dell'Abate

09842121 · 0,75 l · 98,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

This is certainly unique: one annual production. One barrel. Thirty hectolitres of Slavonian oak – and in it the entire Brunello Annata ambition of the Spina family. No second barrel as a reserve. No possibility to correct, top up or stretch. What matures in this container is the annual production of the Annata: the 2.5 hectares of Brunello vineyard at 380 metres near Castelnuovo dell'Abate, the limestone marl, the manual labour of four decades, the decisions of each year. Sesta di Sopra produces around 4,000 bottles of vintage Brunello – which is less than some estates tacitly allow to disappear into the assemblage. 2021 was the year of transparency in Montalcino. Cool nights and warm days gave the Sangiovese that nervous tension that critics describe with the term "vertical" – energy instead of mass, precision instead of fullness. In the one barrel in which Sesta di Sopra matured its grapes, this vintage could only convince!

Brilliant ruby red with garnet nuances. Plum, dark cherry, nougat, liquorice in the background, delicate spice on the nose. The flavour has a tension that does not dissipate – grippy, well-integrated tannins, a salinity that carries and stretches the long finish. A wine that knows how much there is in it – and carries this knowledge with calm conviction. SUPERIORE.DE

"Brilliant ruby colour with a fine garnet rim. Very appealing nose with notes of ripe plums and blackberries, some nougat, light liquorice notes in the background. Very good tension on the palate, lots of grippy, well-integrated tannins, savoury, spans a wide range." Falstaff

"The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino offers a straightforward interpretation of the vintage with dark fruit and solid power. Flavours of blackcurrant and dried plum hint at a warmer growing season, while open-knit, chalky tannins give the wine a broad and traditional shape. Production is limited to 4,000 bottles." Wine Advocate

"Fragrant and spicy on the nose, with aromas of sour cherries, red plums, dried flowers and crushed stones. Medium to full-bodied with compact, fine-grained tannins and bright acidity. Very tense and concentrated, with a long, mineral finish." James Suckling