Die Riserva Brunello di Montalcino von Canalicchio di Sopra wird nur für große Jahrgänge und in begrenzten Mengen aus den ältesten Weinbergen des Weinguts erzeugt und ist das Aushängeschild für die Qualität des Weinguts. Eleganz, Terroir und aromatische Tiefe prägen die Riserva. Mindestens 80% der Trauben stammen aus einem einzigen Weinberg: Vigna Vecchia Mercatale.
98/100 Vinous.com, Reviewed by Eric Guido
The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is an understated beauty, impressing with a perfumed bouquet of red currants, cedar spice box and roses. This sweeps across the palate with ease, sleek and spry, with an elegant wave of ripe red and black fruits. Tension slowly mounts through a blend of crisp minerality and brisk acidity. It takes on a spicy persona through the finish, mixing citrus-tinged blackberry, a saline sensation and hints of spice. Crystalline tannins add youthful poise – gorgeous. The 2019 Riserva was produced entirely from Vigna Vecchia Mercatale. This is a stunning showing.
97+/100, RobertParker.com Reviewed by: Monica Larner, Release Price: $170, Drink Date: 2025 – 2050 Canalicchio di Sopra is faithful to the concept of Riserva, and there is always a marked, but proportional, stylistic difference between this wine (which is aged for 36 months in Slavonian casks) and the annata release. This is exact how it should be. Riserva is an extension of annata, not an exaggeration of it. From a classic vintage, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a special and highly collectible bottle. It shows depth and profound fruit with bright cherry, plum and crushed flower. It also manages greater concentration and density while maintaining its graceful personality. You’ll need to add quite a few years of age to this wine. Production is a mere 4,133 bottles.
