Brunello di Montalcino, Azienda Salvioni (La Cerbaiola) 2019

The 2019 Brunello from Salvioni is utterly gorgeous, starting with its intense aromas of lavender, new leather, perfumed berry, eucalyptus and pipe tobacco. Delicious and full-bodied but showing elegant restraint, the youthfully austere palate shows Marasca cherry, cranberry, star anise and black tea set against tightly wound, refined tannins. Bright acidity keeps it balanced and energized. Give this beauty time to fully develop. Drink 2029–2039.

Just mid lustrous ruby with some orange tinges. Subdued, concentrated nose that needs time to open up. Balsamic cherry with a peppery note. Hints of herb liqueur, and with aeration enveloping. The palate is much less open and forward. Compact and tangy fruit with fine but firm tannins, on the finish this opens up. Great purity of fruit. Lots of fresh acidity and with fantastic structuring tannins, but they will need more time. Quite a beautiful wine. Drink 2026-2038.