Descripción

Este tinto reserva es el resultado de una cuidada selección de Sangiovese con una crianza de tres años en barrica de roble eslovaco. Presenta un posgusto aromático complejo con notas especiadas y frutos rojos maduros. En boca tiene mucho cuerpo, taninos pulidos y un largo final.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Ciacci Piccolomini D'Aragona
Tipo
Tinto Reserva
Añada
2016
Grado
15.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Sangiovese
Origen
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

Cata

Vista
Color rojo rubí intenso tirando a granate.
Nariz
El aroma es intenso y complejo y complejo: frutal y especiado con toques de bayas rojas y con toques de bayas rojas y diversas especias.
Boca
Cálido, armónico con taninos pronunciados y suaves. Un vino con mucho cuerpo y un posgusto muy largo.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 18 ºC.

Viñedo y elaboración

Vinificación
Fermentación en acero inoxidable a temperatura controlada.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de tres años en barricas de roble eslovaco. Posterior crianza de un año en botella.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

Glorious aromas of flowers, nutmeg, dark berries, earth and black cherries follow through to a full body with ultra-fine tannins that are long and extremely polished. They go on for minutes. Reserved and shy still, due to its excellence. Give this four or five years to come around. Try after 2024.

Falstaff:

Bright, rich garnet. Very clear and intense nose, full of ripe raspberry, preserved cherry and some liquorice in the background. Lots of ripe fruit on the palate, shows grippy tannins, firm drive on the finish, long aftertaste of plums.

The Wine Advocate:

The Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna di Pianrosso Santa Caterina d'Oro is gorgeous, full stop. It shows an incredible level of Sangiovese purity and sharpness, and you taste the grape as if you were eating berries straight out of the vineyard. On top of that healthy and bright primary material, the wine layers on elegant aromas of spice, ferrous earth, balsam herb and red rose potpourri. The aromas meet with seamless integration and segue to ongoing depth and complexity offered to the palate. This Riserva is rather delicate in terms of mouthfeel; however, it is powerful and long, with high alcohol, polished tannins and a silky texture. A hint of sweet cherry mixed with menthol freshness pulls it together at the end.

Wine Enthusiast:

Underbrush, scorched earth, camphor and pipe tobacco aromas shape the nose. Full-bodied and densely concentrated, the firm, muscular palate features dried cherry, licorice and marinated prune framed in tightly woven, close-grained tannins. You'll also notice the warmth of alcohol on the close. Drink 2026–2031. 

Decanter:

From the estate’s Pianrosso vineyard in the Castelnuovo dell’Abate area, Santa Caterina d’Oro bears the imprint of Montalcino’s south. The spiced, floral potpourri is tangled with sunbaked terracotta scents. This is a substantial, hefty wine with lots of extract and a profusion of fleshy red plum and prune. The tannins are very suave, while sandy earthiness lurks in the background and a salty tang comes through on the finish. Ageing is in Slavonian oak barrels of 7.5 to 30 hectolitres in size.