This is really fine on the palate with wonderfully integrated tannins that give tension and focus. It’s medium-bodied with lovely berry, cherry, cedar and spice. Peaches and flower stems, too. Creamy texture. Extremely long and vivid. Structured, but showing beautiful drinkability with wonderful balance and form. One to drink or hold.
96 points, James Suckling (Sep 2023)
The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino is a gorgeous interpretation of Northwest Montalcino terroir, with a darkly alluring bouquet of sage and rosemary giving way to crushed blackberries and stone dust. This opens with a lovely inner sweetness, perfectly balanced by crisp red fruits, mineral tones and a core of vibrant acidity. It finishes grippy and long yet surprisingly fresh, with a staining of primary concentration that lingers on and on. The 2019 was fermented using 70% whole cluster fruit.
95 points, Eric Guido, Vinous (Dec 2023)
Deep ruby in color, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino opens to aromas of ripe cherries, toasted cedar, candied flowers, rosemary, and vanilla. Approachable and medium-bodied, it’s elegant on the palate, with fine tannins and a supple texture with even balanced acidity. It offers a very appealing weightless feel, with mineral underpinnings and notes of tangerine citrus on the palate. It is a very well styled and refined Brunello to enjoy over the coming 12-15 years.
94+ points, Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck (Feb 2024)
Cherry, plum, leather, earth and tomato leaf flavors highlight this broad, beefy red, with iron and sanguine accents creeping in as this winds down on the finish. Succulent and long, with a dusty grip in the end. Best from 2027 through 2043. 8,500 cases made, 3,750 cases imported.
94 points, Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator (Jun 2024)
Castiglion del Bosco's 2019 Brunello is fresh and bright, offering cherry aromas with a balsamic edge. Fine tannins support a soft and velvety palate with a savoury, salty undertone of green olives in brine overlaid with cherry and blood orange sapidity. The finish is really zingy and fresh – almost minty – with a lovely stony touch. There's more sapidity and salinity here compared to Campo del Drago, which is a richer, fuller-bodied bottling, and as with many 2019s, the wine is approachable in its youth yet offers years of drinking pleasure.
94 points, James Button, Decanter (Jul 2024)
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