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2018 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne

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July 20, 2025 - $56

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RATINGS

96James Suckling

...focused, firm and well structured, with a classy nose of blackberries, cherry stones, white truffles, tea leaves and cloves. Earth and bark, too. Medium-to full-bodied... Racy and linear. Mineral.

94Vinous / IWC

...opens with hauntingly dark florals and balsamic tones, as swirling brings about hints of black currant and crushed stone...supremely soft-textured, yet lifted by cooling minerality and bright acidity that guides its crunchy wild berry fruits across the palate. It tapers off with amazing length and potency, drenching the senses with primary concentration, as a framework of fine tannins gently tug at the cheeks.

93The Wine Advocate

...spicy and very savory...bouquet introduces a lot of exotic elements...cumin, clove and cardamom. These spicy notes frame a core of black fruit...medium to full-bodied...with a big sense of inner power...

93Wine Enthusiast

A deeply savory nose opens with aromas of grilled meat and iron-rich soil before revealing balsamic vinegar and graphite and then cranberries and hibiscus. The fruit becomes fuller and lusher on the palate, pushing up against chalky tannins...

17.5Jancis Robinson

Exotic, lifted raspberry and cassis nose and a hint of passion fruit...nose description might sound completely bizarre, but it is hugely attractive. Succulent and ripe...with real fruit focus on the palate. Tons of dry, but not rough, tannins and fantastic depth and balance. Super-compelling...

PRODUCER

Siro Pacenti

Siro Pacenti is an estate just below the town of Montalcino, in Tuscany. The 50 acres of Sangiovese vineyards produce about 80,000 bottles a year. The family estate is now run by Giancarlo Pacenti, who took over from his father Siro, who founded the estate in 1970. The estate’s signature wine is Brunello di Montalcino though there is also a Rosso di Montalcino which is also Sangiovese. Gambero Rosso, Italy’s leading wine journal, notes that Pacenti in the 1990s “became emblematic of the trend towards a less austere Brunello…Their grapes are blended to create highly concentrated, fruit-forward wines.”

REGION

Italy, Tuscany, Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino is regarded as one of Italy’s best appellations. Located in south central Tuscany below Chianti, the wines of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are made of a Sangiovese clone called “brunello,” which means “little dark one,” a reference to the brown tones in the skin of the grape. Unlike some Tuscan appellations that allow other grapes to be blended with Sangiovese, Brunello di Montalcino is entirely Sangiovese. Montalcino itself is a picturesque, hill-top town not especially well known for wine production until the mid-19th century, when a local vineyard owner isolated the brunello clone and planted it. Other growers followed suit. Nevertheless it wasn’t until 1970s that wine enthusiasts started paying attention to Brunello di Montalcino, which by then was becoming an outstanding wine. Today there are 120 estates in the DOCG, up from about 25 estates in 1975. Brunellos in general are bigger, darker, more tannic and more powerful wines than Chiantis or most other Sangioveses. By law they must be aged for four years, and two of those years must be in wooden barrels.

VINTAGE

2018 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne