2019 Brunello di Montalcino Piero

Medium intensity red cherry colour, classic signature Brunello, this is a delicous wine, juicy raspberry, roses and orange peel, with great balance, vibrant acidities that cushion the palate. A touch of grilled oak with waves of underbrush and grilled herb aromatics that come in after the main flavours. A lot of the pleasure comes in this lingering after-taste, so take your time. Riccardo Talenti director, Alessandro Cellai consultant, 1.95ha of southeast facing clay soils, 410m in altitude.

The Talenti 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Piero is a wine of fruit weight and muscle mass. It has a heady, almost intoxicating, bouquet with mulled spice, stewed cherry and cured tobacco delivered in generous waves and rich volume. The wine's personality ultimately plays out as strong and simple, and these adjectives hit the nail on the head, in my opinion. It does offer smooth transitions, thanks to its velvety tannins, and is quite fleshed out on the finish. You do feel the 15% alcohol content. This is a 5,000-bottle release.

The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Piero is impossible to ignore, slowly blossoming with an enticing blend of spice-dusted blackberries, violet pastille and orange zest. This impresses further with its vividly ripe wild berry fruits and juicy acidity. Tactile mineral tones add contrast, and rosy inner florals form toward the close. The 2019 lingers impossibly long, taking on a spicy edge, as the palate is left reverberating with zesty tension, even as fine-grained tannins grip the senses. The Piero is already showing such flamboyancy and balance. It will be a thrilling Brunello to follow over the next two decades.