La Palazzetta Brunello di Montalcino 2018 Riserva DOCG
La Palazzetta Brunello di Montalcino 2018 Riserva DOCG
Description
Only in the best vintages, after a careful selection and hand harvesting of the grapes, this incredible Riserva from La Palazzetta is produced. The La Palazzetta Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is aged in wooden barrels for 5 years plus a further 8 months in the bottle.
The bouquet is intense and powerful, rich in aromas, with hints of blackberry, blueberry, chocolate and tobacco. The taste is harmonious, soft and persistent. Good acidity and very well balanced.
The taste is powerful yet harmonious and elegant. This is a wine of extreme longevity. Time will reveal further depths. This is an utterly classic Brunello in the making. Drink from 2026 through to 2046.
A wonderful find for us! Excellent to drink now or let it age and it will improve even more as the years go by.
Serve at 18 °C
Uncork and let it breathe in the bottle for a good 60 minutes to enhance the aromas before drinking with a good meal.
Harvest / Vintage: 2018
Varietal: Sangiovese
Area of Production: Montalcino
Awards:
- Best in Show - Decanter World Wine Awards
- Gold Medal - International Organic Awards
- 92 points - James Suckling
- 94 points - Gilbert and Gaillard
- 94 points - WINE CRITIC
- Gold Medal - MUNDUS VINI
Winemaker Profile:
Located in Castelnuovo on the South-East side of Montalcino and adjoining the magnificent 1000 year old Abbey of Sant'Antimo, La Palazzetta has 20 hectares of vineyards and 2500 olive trees.
With family memories from the times when their great-grandfathers in Castelnuovo were farmers cultivating grains. Flavio and Carla began making wine in 1988 with just one hectare of Sangiovese. Nowadays their children Luca and Tea continue the story that for generations honors the respect and the love for the land.
With over 30 years of wine making experience, Flavio and Carla use both tradition and innovation to lead their handpicked grapes to the natural process of vilification. Controlled temperature fermentation and aging in French oak barrels.
In 2016 La Palazzetta was awarded with the “Ecofriendly Cellar Diploma” because of the commitment on ecologically sustainable values, the realization of projects aiming to land and vineyards protection and the actuation of energy saving plans, and with an attentive care in the vineyards according to the organic farming method.
Shipping & Returns
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SYD & NSW:
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- 13 to 17 bottles - $35.00
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- 3 to 4 bottles - $19.50
- 5 to 6 bottles - $28.00
- 7 to 12 bottles - $43.00
- 13 to 17 bottles - $65.00
- 18 to 23 bottles - $75.00
- 24 bottles or more $85.00
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