2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo
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The 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino Vigna Del Suolo pours a medium youthful red hue and takes a nervous and wonderful energy on opening. Perfumed and mineral-tinged, it reveals notes of gravelly earth, rosewater, raspberry liqueur, and lifted fresh herbs. Medium-bodied, with a linear feel, it’s vibrant with fresh acidity, fine tannins, and a long mineral and citrus-noted finish. It strikes a great balance between elegance and nobility and is a wine that will benefit from another year or two in bottle and drink well 2025-2045. I continue to be impressed with the direction that Bernardino Sani and his team at Argiano are headed in, both in the vineyard and in the winery. As I noted in last year’s report, stylistically, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the estate has moved away from the use of barrique in the production of their Sangiovese (now only used for their Cabernet Sauvignon of Solengo). The wines are certainly beginning to take on a fresher style, while they are still maintaining clean winery practices.
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Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
Eric Guido, Vinous
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The Argiano 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo has an elegant, ever-changing bouquet with black fruits and a pronounced mineral signature of dusty slate and crushed stone. With 63-year-old vines, this site is located along the picturesque, cypress-lined dirt road that leads to this imposing castello (one of the greatest architectural works in Italian wine). The bouquet fleshes out to show tobacco leaf, linden tree, balsam herb, exotic spice and an especially fresh quality of berry fruit that sits somewhere on the cusp of over-ripeness. The fruit tastes sweet but in a delicately measured way, and the tannins are elegant with dryness that is not overdone. This is a very pretty wine (with only 5,000 bottles made).
Hauntingly dark, the 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo wafts up with a dusting of cocoa, violet pastille and sweet sage complementing red currants. It’s like pure velvet slowly draped across the palate, weighty and youthfully dense with masses of mineral-laden dark red fruits that swirl over a steadily building wall of fine tannins. The 2019 finishes with tremendous length and structure, displaying fantastic balance. A bump of residual acidity refreshes the senses, and balsam herbs slowly fade. This is a Vigna del Suolo that’s built for the ages.
Concentrated ruby with bricky rim. Oak and peppery cherry with a hint of damson on the nose and really complex. Polished, supple fruit that is still a little embryonic and with a layer of chewy tannins. Could do with a little more fruit to back up the tannins on the finish, but this may be resolved with extra bottle time. (WS)