Salvioni Brunello di Montalcino 'La Cerbaiola' 2020 750 ml

Description:

For the Salvionis, wine implies collective activity. 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.

97 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

There were a couple of really cute dogs running around as well. This is a gorgeous expression, and it is so important to see the vines and soils when considering a wine like this. Schistic galestro with quartz give this Brunello elegant mineral tones that frame a core of wild fruit and pressed violet. The wine shows that pretty pinch of citrus or blood orange that you often get with classical Sangiovese. The style is bright, transparent and finely polished.

96+ Points - Jeb Dunnuck

The last vintage tasted from barrel at this visit with Alessia Salvioni, the 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino La Cerbaiola shows off a mineral-noted profile up front, with forward notes of graphite, dark berries, and violets. Medium to full bodied, it continues to the palate with a fantastic stony texture and a persistent finish. This is poised to be a phenomenal vintage from the Salvioni family and their team.

96 Points - Vinous

The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino seduces from the glass with a complex and layered bouquet as pine shavings and mint lift black raspberry aromas. It features a bouquet with whiffs of dried orange peels, saddle leather and Tuscan dust. This hovers across the palate, graceful and serene, casting a silken feel and remaining seemingly weightless and refined. It showcases ripe red and hints of blue fruit complemented by violet inner florals. The energy within is spellbinding, especially when combined with the sapidity of its fruit.

95 Points - Decanter

Encircled by woodlands, Salvioni’s four hectares lie on a plateau at 420 metres above sea level, tilting gently to the southeast. The 2020 expresses the warmth and ripeness of the vintage while preserving intrinsic sense of place. A fragrant panoply of Mediterranean herbs, forest undergrowth and cardamom leads into earthy depths on the palate. Precisely chiselled chalky tannins bolster layers of wild berries admirably. Structure is securely at the fore here, assuring a good stint in the cellar. The protracted finish of liquorice root and juniper corroborates that there is more to come.