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2016 Campogiovanni Brunello di Montalcino Il Quercione Riserva

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July 20, 2025 - $81

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RATINGS

96James Suckling

This is extremely perfumed, offering roses, lavender and dried berries with some dark cherry undertones. Full-bodied and chewy, with polished tannins that are fine and run the length of the wine. Sandalwood and berries at the finish.

93The Wine Advocate

...pressed blackberry, earth and sweet baking spice or Spanish cedar.

93Wine Spectator

This red offers a mix of plum, black cherry, fruit cake and spice flavors. Opulent and backed by a spine of beefy tannins, yet this finds a nice balance. Shows plenty of concentration and finishes long.

93Vinous / IWC

...rich and alluring bouquet of plum sauce, tobacco and cocoa is lifted by mentholated herbs and hints of pine...coasts along the palate in velvety waves, presenting a polished display of ripe currants mixed with savory balsamic spices and minerals that add a salty sensation toward the close...tannins are sweet and round, complemented by hints of sour citrus and tart cherry.

90Wine Enthusiast

Aromas of French oak, ripe plum, leather and coconut shape the nose on this brawny red along with the barest whiff of burned rubber. Densely concentrated and enveloping, the meaty palate offers stewed prune, licorice, espresso and hints of maple syrup alongside velvety, close-grained tannins.

16Jancis Robinson

A loose fruit-and-oak nose. Concentrated, sweet-sour cherry and oak mingling on the palate. Lots of gravelly tannins on the fruit-driven finish.

PRODUCER

Campogiovanni

Campogiovanni is a 50-acre estate in the Montalcino region of Tuscany, Italy. It is a subsidiary of Agricola San Felice, a Chianti-based wine and olive oil enterprise. Campogiovanni makes Brunello, including a Brunello di Montalcino Il Quercione Riserva, which is a limited production cuvee produced only in exceptional vintages. Gambero Rosso, Italy’s leading wine journal, has complimented the estate’s wines for being “rich, (with) well-ripened fruit (which is) a pleasure on the nose and taut with energy in the mouth.”

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

2016 Campogiovanni Brunello di Montalcino Il Quercione Riserva