Padelletti Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (Red)

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  • 2019

    Padelletti Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (Red) 2019 - Highly RecommendedTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    A little restrained on the nose. Some blue floral fruit, a hint of complxity and age. On the palate, lots of crunchy tannins, lots of oak, incredibly intense oaky extraction. Loving the richness, toffeed fruit and tertiary aromatics that are starting to dominate, but still overall finding this a little old-fashioned. It's good that it's not overly-extracted alcohol, but nonetheless this is just missing something. It feels like the sort of Riserva you learn to avoid because it's just more tannic, rather than the one you learn to love because it's more complex. That being said, it is awfully well made, and really very moreish. I'd say yes to another glass.

    Tasted November 2024
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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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