Cerbaiona, Rosso di Montalcino

Remains a bit rustic, powerful and tannic. Good, but unclear when it will mellow out and come together.

2015 vintage

Mycket bra. Provning?

2015 vintage

No Brunello made in this handover year. Sumptuous but not over the top. 2015 warmth but held in check. Went down very well with pork fillets

2015 vintage

PnP. Deep ruby with brick edge in color. Nose of morello cherries, sweet earth & subtle vanilla. On the palate: morello cherries, morels, forest floor & warm spices. Sandy tannins perceived on gums, cheeks and tongue. Long finish of morello cherries, bitter cherry pith, vanilla and sandalwood. Wine is finally starting to reveal itself. Expect it might enter the front side of a very long peak drinking window another 1-2 years in the cellar.

2016 vintage

PnP. Aromatic, floral, red berries, some plum, herbs, a bit of mineral edge. Medium bodied, balanced acidity with some nicely integrated grippy tannins. Very nice texture. Long dry finish. Had started to shut down by the last couple of glasses in the evening, but the last drops in the bottle smelled bright and fresh again the next day so I suspect this still has plenty of life left. Not your typical rosso (or maybe I need to let more rossos …

2015 vintage

Gave this a 2 hour decant but it was nowhere near enough. A very serious rosso that needs another 3-4 years until it’s approachable. What is available right now is a touch austere. Attractive but austere. Loads of Italian herbs on the nose. Cherry. Menthol. Touch of iron. Palate is suave but the acidity is off the charts. Much better with food. Tannin is polished but grippy. This is going to be great once it comes around. 92-93.

2020 vintage

PnP. Dark fruit, mineral, graphite. Plenty of acidity and tannin to go another 5-10 years, but (typically for the producer) not big on fruit.

2016 vintage

Lovely herbacous nose, terracotta, deep but sweet cherry, bitter orange and a hint of chocolate. Red fruit leads the way on the palate with tangy cherry and pomegranate, really lip smacking - good balance of weight and fresh elegance to to this, youthful tannins but approachable now. A serious rosso - colour me impressed

2020 vintage

Rating: 4,1/5,0.

2020 vintage

We are getting very close to 93 - a great well balanced Rosso - for more comments see my ladt rating.

2016 vintage

Red fruit, a touch of spiciness, prominent tannins. Too young, I expect more in future, but now nice drinking.

2015 vintage

Ruby with a slight orange tint on the rim. Lovely nose with ripe cherries, iron, herbs and leather. The cherry note is the most dominant on the palate, but the rather long finish has a bit of mint as well as some bitterness reminding me of cherry pit. Acidity is high and tannins are medium plus, but pleasantly coating.

2020 vintage

Translucent garnet, no signs of age. Very fruity nose. Watery mouthfeel, very juicy more sweet plum than cherry,a little savoury, black olive. Grippy tannins, mildly drying but not unpleasant. Sweet slightly drying finish. Perfect for. Enough stuffing to hold but why? Lovely Last bottle just over a year later. Very similar impressions, although tannins better integrated, altogether a softer, easier wine to drink. Still a little drying on the finish but overall improved and really nice. Wish it wasn’t my …

2015 vintage

Tuscan Lunch chez Joel (Kent countryside, UK) : Inky and showing forest floor with red fruits. Quite tight at the moment and tannic with hot rocks in evidence. After some time in the glass it broadens its shoulders and gains better balance. Did not enjoy this nearly as much as when I had this BTG and wonder if it would have shown better by itself following a decant? Served PnP.

2015 vintage

Joel's Tuscan Lunch (The wilds of Kent) : Crunchy red plum, a little smoke, some Parma violet, tomato paste Really rich deep cherry, a hint of cough linctus (in a good way), fresh a lifted, sapid finish. Really really lovely finish. I thought this was an excellent example of how Rosso can play a different game to Brunello and excel at it.

2015 vintage

Joel's Tuscan Lunch (A farmhouse in leafy Kent) : Rather high-toned on the nose, with lots of sweet red fruit, at times reminiscent of boiled sweets. Better on the palate, silky and elegant with the red fruit accented with spice and bolstered by tannin. A juicy but slightly short finish. Needs a few years for some savoury notes to develop and the wine to relax somewhat.

2015 vintage

precise and clean with a mix of red berries and cherries, more structure than the Il Poggione and a bit darker tones, spice and ripe tannins. Could easily deal with longer cellaring time

2016 vintage

The wine is developing nicely - the fruit is still cherries and raspberries and menthol - more visible this time - the wine is very well balanced - we will stay on a very large 92 - a great wine.

2016 vintage

Very young - needs time. Very good local feel, herbs galore, good acidity and plenty of red fruit, wait five years. #test

2020 vintage

Too early. needs another year or two.

2015 vintage

I drink so little Tuscan wine, that I had to calibrate my palate for this. It hasn’t changed much from a few years ago. I prefer less ripe fruit, less polish, but it worked well with our meatballs and spaghetti.

2016 vintage

We still like the wine and will stay at 92 - a well balanced Rosso - we are still getting cherries and this time also raspberries and hint of menthol. A very classic Rosso from Cerbaiona.

2016 vintage

Garnet red in colour with some translucence. Nose is dry extract of sweet red fruit. Silky tannins, medium to full bodied yet not particularly weighty even if there is substantial concentration as there is bright acidity so it remains fresh yet superbly balanced. Pomegrantes, violets, sour cherries on the palate with persistence on the finish. If you look hard there is oak but nothing brazen smuggled in. Still quite tight so will be better in a few years. Preferred this …

2015 vintage

Lovely elegant fruit forward nose and taste. Some dry spice or herbs.

2015 vintage

(16,5/20) Young, strict, firm, yes, but already good. Complex wine, but very drinkable. Toasty and elegant. Medium intense aromas of red cherry, raspberry, red plum, violet, toast, espresso, tobacco, young leather, black pepper, eucalyptus. Dry wine, high acidity, high and fine-grained tannins, full body, pronounced flavour intensity, long finish. 14% ABV - served @ Chambertin tasting Zoldering

2015 vintage

I was fairly bearish on this wine when I first tasted about 18mos ago. It has gotten more approachable, with more fruit showing on the midpalate. But the midpalate is fleeting; not much density of fruit. There are still a lot of very savory, herbal notes on the palate which add interest. Very structured. However, I remain unsure whether the fruit and structure will find a balance. This was good, but disappointing QPR next to the La Valentina.

2015 vintage

Restaurant pop and pour. Drinkable from the start but fit open up with time. Dark semi rustic fruit, tobacco, chocolate, earth and mineral. Structured to age but tannins and acid are both in check/non obtrusive.

2015 vintage

Yummy!

2015 vintage

pretty serious and structured rosso, scents of dried cherries, violets and wet gravel, refined tannin, taught and lean, flavors of cranberry, cherry, herbs and licorice, high in acid, super tight, needs cellar time, nice with various pizza slices

2015 vintage

From glass. Nose of a perfume, of an earthiness, but not too giving. By glass's end some cigar, and a kind of "corned beef" dull meatiness. Initial impression on palate of arresting acidity within a dry, leathery frame, and of fullness of palate. Earth, sweet dark licorice, and leather, with nuances of red fruit - "roasted rhubarb," savory cherry - coming out later. Persistent dark finish. Very savory. Clean. Fine. Pretty darn good.

2015 vintage

Medium red, decanted 2 hours, cherries & creamy oak, medium bodied, a food wine, needs time 91+

2016 vintage

What a great wine! Deep Brunello characteristics even though “just” a Rosso. Leather, mature red fruits and gun powder and tobacco.

2015 vintage

Double decanted the night prior for 3 hours; served non-blind. Lovely, classical expression offering lovely structure and detail. Vibrant red fruits that are coiled notwithstanding the prior aeration. A wine to revisit in about 5-8 years depending on your palate preferences. Very good, and solid value at the €40 I paid. HOLD. highly recommended http://www.italianwine.blog

2015 vintage

The aromatics are rather muted. The palate has fruit on the darker side (not my preference for Sangiovese) that seems hidden behind the tannins. IMHO, the way this wine resembles a Brunello (rather than a Rosso) is not in quality, but rather that the fruit/tannin balance puts it several years away from drinkability. But I was not taken aback by the quality, or a sense of potential. Make no mistake--it is a very good wine, and I'm happy with it …

2015 vintage

Double-decanted for aeration 2 hours, returned to bottle and served the following day. Lovely rosso wine, with all the elements in place, save the complexity that will no doubt follow in the coming years. Good+ structure, and not too surprisingly, the final sip was the best. Wouldn't be surprised if there was still a lot to love in another 8-10 years. HOLD. recommended , and likely to bracket up with time. http://www.italianwine.blog

2016 vintage

I know I'm drinking a winner when my wife and daughter each reach for the bottle. Not sure I've ever drunk a "Rosso di Monatalcino" but this was among the best Brunellos I've tasted. Unbelievable price/quality ratio.

2015 vintage

An attractive wine, the 2015 Cerbaiona has a lovely garnet hue, limpid texture, and a soaring nose showing spicy griotte cherries, musk, forest loam, freshly baked blueberry muffins. There is a lovely inner palate tension here: the wine is ripe but not to the point of being overtly sweet, acidity and tannins frame the story, great mineral support. Drinking well now with some time to breath, but may merit a higher score in a few years.

2015 vintage

Rich, brooding and closed at the moment. Gave it three days corked in bottle after the first night to see how it would develop and it was not significantly changed. This needs time to integrate and reveal itself.

2016 vintage

Nose is dry with some raspberry. Smooth tannins, medium bodied, nice and fresh with good balance. Definitely sour cherries on the palate with some lychee maybe..

2015 vintage

This 2015 Cerbaiona Rosso di Montalcino is fragrant and surprisingly approachable. Tasted blind – Sweet red berries, Cabernet Sauvignon? dark berries, cassis, polished new oak. Bordeaux blend? Great ripeness and sweet blackberries that could come from Napa, slight alcohol on the palate. 2013? Napa Valley or Super Tuscan? Cabernet Sauvignon? I was very wrong… (87/100)

2015 vintage

Lovely, fruit-driven wine. As I understand the first vintage where the new owners have had control over everything after taking over from Diego and Nora Molinari in late 2015. Fruit is sculpted with precision and very clean, a mix of cherries and red berries with a tad darker tones from minerality and herbs lurking. Lovely acidity, perfectly ripe tannin and just a smidgen spice from what has to be new oak barrels. Not very complex at this stage, but certainly …

2016 vintage

Great potential but rather closed. Wait a few years

2016 vintage

Elegant with sour cherries, minerals, and milk chocolate on the finish, which is long and delicious.

2016 vintage

Lifted red fruit, intense and pure, definitely needs one or two more years in the bottle to mellow the fruit a bit. From declassified brunello wine, from a good vintage, this is not your everyday rosso ;)

2016 vintage

Well , with this wine my expectations was really high and that's also why i think they was flawed. I decanted the wine and then tried all the Zalto glasses to see which would fare the best......and for me it is the Zalto Burgundy glass. The nose is Sweet cherries , soft , velvet ,a touch of very faint smokiness . On the palate this is light , bright cherries , but to me it lacks depth...thats why i only …

2016 vintage

This wine is great we are impressed - so elegant - the fruit is cherries - everything is so balanced - tannis and acidity is medium and well integrated - this is my second bottle and this wine is really promising - very solid 92.

2016 vintage

Got it this afternoon - and tasted it tonight - this rosso could be amazing - really impressed - on the nose - this is so subdued - so elegant - really impressive - the fruit is cherries - everything is so balanced - tannis and acidity is medium and well integrated - Matthew the winemaker hs done a great job - really looking forward to taste the next bottle - a great start where 92 is fair.

2016 vintage

Cerbaiona tasting (winery) : BT Odd dusty nose with toasted oak notes dry, high acidity, high tannins, med body, elegant structure, more aggressive than the 2017 vintage, grass flavours, long finish High potential

2016 vintage

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