98 points Decanter: "Giancarlo Pacenti’s selection of old vines uses age and experience to add a velvety wrap around firm, crunchy, beautifully focussed tannins. This is a crowd-pleaser with brains. Drinking Window: 2018-2027."
95 points/'Top 100 Italian Wines of 2017 (#86),' James Suckling: "Aromas of ripe fruit such as sweet strawberries and hints of orange peel and chocolate. Medium to full body, soft and velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Riper style. Drink or hold. (2/19/17)"
94+ points Monica Larner (Wine Advocate): "Giancarlo Pacenti knows his land well and is a skillful farmer, especially with regards to navigating a challenging vintage like this. The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne boasts a beautifully saturated ruby color that appears healthy and bright. The aromas are presented with precision and balance. A wine like this offers irrefutable evidence that old vines are the best remedy in a hot and dry vintage. The wine's various elements are intact and focused. Dark cherry, candied plum, exotic spice, tar and licorice form a united front. I prefer this vintage to 2011. Drink: 2017-2027. (Mar 2017)"
93+ points Ian D'Agata (Vinous): "[$98 list] Dark red with an amber tinge. Ripe red cherry, sweet spices, grilled beef and blood orange, plus hints of cedar and new oak. Enters sweet and broad, then tighter and structured, but with refined tannins providing support to the sweetly spicy red fruit flavors. The finish is long and very pure. There’s a depth to this wine that the classico bottling does not have, a dpeth of flavor that derives from the old vines; spent 24 montsh in 70-80% new oak. Drink: 2024-2034. (Mar 2017)"
93 points Wine Spectator: "This is full of cherry and plum flavors, accented by leather, tobacco and iron notes. Solidly structured and taut, balanced and long, with a dense mix of fruit, mineral, spice and tannins on the finish. Best from 2022 through 2036. 600 cases imported. (6/30/17)"
93 points Fastaff (3/16/18).
93 points and 'Year's Best Tuscan Reds,' Wine & Spirits: "Giancarlo Pacenti harvests fruit from vines at least 35 years old for this bottling. In the warm 2012 vintage, it’s a dark-fruited, mineral-driven Brunello, the black-cherry flavors ripe and chewy, balanced by mouthwatering acidity. Two years in French oak barriques imparted warm spice notes and a lush texture. (Apr 2018)"
95 points/'Top 100 Italian Wines of 2017 (#86),' James Suckling: "Aromas of ripe fruit such as sweet strawberries and hints of orange peel and chocolate. Medium to full body, soft and velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Riper style. Drink or hold. (2/19/17)"
94+ points Monica Larner (Wine Advocate): "Giancarlo Pacenti knows his land well and is a skillful farmer, especially with regards to navigating a challenging vintage like this. The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne boasts a beautifully saturated ruby color that appears healthy and bright. The aromas are presented with precision and balance. A wine like this offers irrefutable evidence that old vines are the best remedy in a hot and dry vintage. The wine's various elements are intact and focused. Dark cherry, candied plum, exotic spice, tar and licorice form a united front. I prefer this vintage to 2011. Drink: 2017-2027. (Mar 2017)"
93+ points Ian D'Agata (Vinous): "[$98 list] Dark red with an amber tinge. Ripe red cherry, sweet spices, grilled beef and blood orange, plus hints of cedar and new oak. Enters sweet and broad, then tighter and structured, but with refined tannins providing support to the sweetly spicy red fruit flavors. The finish is long and very pure. There’s a depth to this wine that the classico bottling does not have, a dpeth of flavor that derives from the old vines; spent 24 montsh in 70-80% new oak. Drink: 2024-2034. (Mar 2017)"
93 points Wine Spectator: "This is full of cherry and plum flavors, accented by leather, tobacco and iron notes. Solidly structured and taut, balanced and long, with a dense mix of fruit, mineral, spice and tannins on the finish. Best from 2022 through 2036. 600 cases imported. (6/30/17)"
93 points Fastaff (3/16/18).
93 points and 'Year's Best Tuscan Reds,' Wine & Spirits: "Giancarlo Pacenti harvests fruit from vines at least 35 years old for this bottling. In the warm 2012 vintage, it’s a dark-fruited, mineral-driven Brunello, the black-cherry flavors ripe and chewy, balanced by mouthwatering acidity. Two years in French oak barriques imparted warm spice notes and a lush texture. (Apr 2018)"
| Product SKU | 329215 |
| Producer | Siro Pacenti |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| SubRegion | Brunello di Montalcino DOCG |
| Varietal | Sangiovese |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
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