2007 Brunello di Montalcino

From a warm year, the 2007 Brunello Di Montalcino Montosoli has a more developed aromatic profile, with notes of dried peach, blood orange, potpourri, balsamic, and savory spice. Medium-bodied, it retains fresh acidity and a mouthwatering saline drive, with a slightly evolved finish that suggests it is holding steady rather than improving further. This is drinking well now and should be enjoyed over the near term. Drink 2026-2028. The wines for this report were tasted at the winery on Montosoli. Baricci is one of the estate’s most important voices on the hill, with six hectares of the 25-hectare Montosoli zone spread across seven distinct parcels. This footprint allows the team to work row by row and highlight the subtle subdivisions of the site, with younger vines from the more fertile, lower-altitude parcels going into the Rosso di Montalcino. The Brunello comes from the marine sedimentary soils surrounded by clay, while the Riserva is selected from the highest point of the hill. In 2020, they were not able to produce Riserva due to low yields from this section of the vineyard, where berry size was also very small, averaging 1.5 grams per berry. Annual production typically hovers around 18,000 bottles, although in 2020 they made closer to 15,000 due to extremely low yields. A new cellar is currently under construction and is scheduled to be operational for the 2026 harvest.