2016 Uccelliera, Brunello di Montalcino 1x750ml

Vinous 96.5/100

The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino opens rich and dark in the glass, with spiced orange hints that brighten the mood as tobacco combines with a dusting of cocoa, underbrush and ripe black cherries. This is surprisingly juicy and pliant, light on its feet, with silken textures and ripe red fruits that soothe beneath an air of rosy inner florals. The 2016 tapers off with a tart sensation, leaving chalky tannins that cake the palate as a tart wild berry twang adds tension toward the close. This is maturing beautifully in bottle and already starting to give pleasure, yet waiting is highly recommended. [Eric Guido, 12/07/2023]

Anticipated maturity: 2025-2040

Robert Parker 96

The Uccelliera 2016 Brunello di Montalcino opens to dark fruit and wild cherry with warmer tones of cured tobacco, spice and potting soil. It shows the extra density, darkness and richness that comes so beautifully to fruit grown on the sun-drenched southern side of Castelnuovo dell’Abate in the southern half of the appellation. What Uccelliera delivers so carefully, vintage after vintage, is a truly exceptional sense of mouthfeel with textural richness and lingering creaminess. It is also one of the wines that consistently shows a sense of place. This is a touchstone estate for this specific Montalcino microclimate. Production is 29,000 bottles. [Monica Larner, 11/22/2020]

Anticipated maturity: 2024-2045