2019 Pelagrilli--Brunello di Montalcino - Siro Pacenti Siro Pacenti's decidedly baritone wines

Siro Pacenti's decidedly baritone wines are sometimes hard to understand

in Guyot-Erziehung

it hits the palate with full-bodied richness

nuances of peach and pineapple

and malolactic fermentation in this vintage was done in oak (otherwise that second fermentation occurs in stainless steel)

2019 Pelagrilli--Brunello di Montalcino - Siro Pacenti Siro Pacenti's decidedly baritone winesParker 94+ Monica Larner The Siro Pacenti 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli is heavily marked by an oak tone that sits front and center with whiffs of campfire ash or freshly split firewood. The wine shows rock solid concentration and a level of phenolic extraction that you don't easily find in Montalcino, unless you make it your mission. The tannins are bitter and grippy, and the oak tannins overshadow the fruit tannins at this very young stage