Pian Orino, Brunello Montalcino Bassolino Sopra Vintage:2010 very firm and serious finish

very firm and serious finish

offering tart cherry

Not too dissimilar to the 2012 Cornish Point

unctuous beauty over the coming 10-15 years

Very elegant and even playful on the palate

Pian Orino, Brunello Montalcino Bassolino Sopra Vintage:2010 very firm and serious finishThe 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Bassolino di Sopra opens with a cooling array of sweet sage and white smoke, giving way to hints of blackberry and camphor. This sweeps across the palate with textures of pure silk, pliant and supple, displaying ripe red and black fruit notes over a core of saline minerals and spice. It finishes structured and long with a spicy balsamic flourish as a bump of residual acidity keeps the mouth watering for more. This is