A jeweled ruby/magenta hue, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino Rennina shows off smoldering aromas of incense, cigar box, kirsch, lavender, and sage. It transitions to the palate with ease and is approachable, with refined tannins, mouthwatering, seamless acidity, a long-lasting finish, and a hint of warming spices on the back palate. An outstanding and seductive wine, it’s hard to resist now but will have lots of longevity ahead. Drink 2026-2046.
98 points, Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck (Feb 2024)
Wet slate brings a cooling element to an otherwise bright, solar nose of blood orange, tart, fresh raspberries and cherries. The palate remains balanced, between continued tang from black cherry and bergamot, and savory potting soil and crushed herbs, before a silken finish which is lifted by heat.
98 points, Danielle Callegari, Wine Enthusiast (Jul 2025)
Impeccably balanced with that proverbial Gaja Madias Touch that always denotes an extra level of creaminess or fruit concentration that fits lock and key with the wine's acidity and velvety tannic structure, this is a truly gorgeous wine. The Pieve Santa Restituta 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Rennina represents a blend of fruit from sites of various soil compositions and exposures. In this classic vintage, you can count on a wine that is firmly structured and important in terms of mouthfeel, but it also yields to delicate and softer nuances of wild rose, toasted cumin seed, campfire ash and grilled rosemary. The wine sticks to the palate and offers long-lasting black fruit flavors.
97 points, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (Dec 2023)
We tasted two Rennina Brunellos with almost 20 years between them. Both were exceptionally good, with velvety, super smooth tannins and nuanced aromatics that reflect the clay and stone soils and give a ripe, fleshy character to the wine. This will easily last for another decade, but it's hard to go wrong if you want to open it today. The Gaja magic is here in spades, juicy, damson and black cherry fruits, creamy but studded with fresh acidities, underlying cumin and sandalwood spice, grilled oak just gently playing through the palate, wonderful. The grapes are from three plots with different exposures, aged in French oak and large Slovenian oak casks. No new oak.
97 points, Jane Anson (Nov 2025)
From three vineyards directly surrounding the Pieve Santa Restituta winery in Tavernelle, the Rennina bottling is akin to Barbaresco, according to Angelo Gaja. Harvested between 12 September to 1 October, the 2019 definitely mines Sangiovese’s elegant side. Sweet Mediterranean herb nuances of tarragon, mint and sage are joined by cedary oak tones. Shiny, polished and balanced yet with underlying tension, the palate offers red berries tinged with bitter orange peel and tobacco. Finely powdered, clayey tannins cling confidently to the edges, while appetising acidity races through the core. Full, but not heavy and with a satisfying crunch, this will be accessible before the Sugarille but should be at least as long lived.
96 points, Michaela Morris, Decanter (Nov 2023)
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