About this Wine: Pacenti's Brunello di Montalcino is a great Sangiovese, and a true reflection of the potential of the estate's terroir. Clearly, everything begins with meticulous selectio...

Burghound: Very ripe and quite elegant despite the plumy, slightly port-like quality of the nose yet the flavors are fresh, sweet and rich with striking complexity on the nicely persiste...

Burghound: Cool, pure and beautifully layered nose features notes of red pinot fruit, smoked tea and subtle toast notes. There is fine definition to the large-scaled, intense and solidly...

Wine Spectator: Tightly wound, firm, dense and concentrated, with a core of dark berry, plum, roasted herb, game meat, graphite, road tar and lead pencil, ending with chewy tannins. Should re...

Wine Spectator: A rich and polished style, with pretty currant, coffee, anise, sage and cedary flavors that are elegantly understated, finishing with a smooth, supple aftertaste. Drinks well ...

Burghound: Visible but reasonably well-integrated wood sets off cool and airy red berry fruit aromas that carry both earth and sauvage undertones, both of which can also be found on the ...

Burghound: Noticeable but not really intrusive wood presently fights a bit with the otherwise fresh and well-layered aromas of plum and cassis. There is by contrast a real sense of under...

Wine Spectator: A tight, firmly structured '09, sporting a narrow range of cherry, black currant, spice and mineral flavors. This is dense and fresh, with oak spice lingering on the finish. B...

Wine Spectator: Plump and juicy, with a friendly core of plum and blackberry character. Dark spice and anise notes chime in on the fleshy finish, and this sports a little punch. Tasted non-bl...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes reveals quite a bit more depth than the straight Gevrey bottling. Black cherries, flowers, mint and licorice are some of the many no...

Burghound: As it often is, this is the most elegant of these 1ers with a well-layered and attractively fresh combination of red and blue pinot fruit, plum, violet and wet stone nuances. ...

Burghound: There is enough reduction present here to knock down the expressiveness of the nose though it seems reasonably clear that underneath the funk is ripe and earth fruit. There is...

Burghound: This is notably more deeply pitched than it usually is with notes of plum, dark berry fruit and underbrush hints. The textured, pure and attractively intense middle weight fla...

Burghound: This is very Gevrey with the distinctly animale hints to the cool earth-inflected aromas that include cassis, plum and black berry. The exceptionally rich, round and suave med...

Burghound: A brooding and altogether reticent nose of dark berry fruit, earth and pungent humus notes gives way to rich, concentrated and sleekly muscular flavors that possess fine delin...

Burghound: This is not quite as elegant as the Caillerets but it's close with a beautiful and well-layered nose of violet, plum and black raspberry. There is excellent volume to the very...

Wine Spectator: Rich and supple, this red is shot through with smoky cherry, licorice, leather and eucalyptus flavors on a bed of dusty tannins. Remains sweet and fresh on the lingering finis...

Wine Spectator: Shows real presence and depth, offering a vibrant package of red berry, cherry and black currant, with hints of licorice and herbs as the finish lingers impressively. Cellarin...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2006 Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe is a cool, inward wine. It boasts striking power and masses of fruit in an implosive style that will require many yea...