Daniel Ciolek

9.3

Talenti Piero Brunello di Montalcino 2020 - this vintgage was extraordinary due to the pandemic and the weather - and this Talenti was one of the best I’ve tasted - last year and then now. It’s pop and pour approachable and smooth as silk - but with just enough mouth tingling tannins and layers of complexity and a lingering balanced finish to make me wish I ordered more. — 15 days ago

Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.2

1982 Piero Talenti Brunello di Montalcino. Vibrant garnet color, with barely any bricking. Complex nose of dried red fruit, leather and spice. Soft on the palate, with a great presence through the finish. This bottle is in perfect condition and showed beautifully. — 5 years ago

with Frankie

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

10

Winner. Only made in best vintages from single vineyard Peretaio. 🏅🏅🏅 — 9 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

OK, I didn’t want to like this as much as I do because it’s 15% listed abv, but I do like this a lot. Complex nose has ripe, macerated cherry, dark baking spice, clay tile-like earthiness, a little leather. Soft and full in the mouth, but with nice acids and a nice transparency of flavor. Fine-grained tannins shot through. Clingy flavors turn savory in the second half of the finish. Great pasta-with-red-sauce wine. — 2 months ago

Pooneet K

9.1

Always nice to have a reminder of what a slightly older Brunello can be. Great pairing with pork chops with a lot of fennel. Might have guessed nebbiolo from the color, but the deep fruit and light dusty tannins really demonstrate what this is. — 6 years ago

Adam Quarello

9.0

This was hearty and dark with enough grit and concentration to spare — 8 years ago

Pooneet K

9.3

Last had 5 years ago and said it needed some time - and that was right! Really very nice now with pork chops from Kinderhook Farms with porchetta seasoning. Opened several hours in advance and decanted for an hour. Lots of red fruit on the nose. 15%, but wouldn’t guess it. Dark berry and brandied cherries and a bit of earth. Really seamless and delicious. — 4 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.1

Fully mature. — 3 years ago

Jeff Stewart

Private Collections Wine Director

9.4

Brachs Carmel Taffy hint if raspberry and orange. — 7 years ago

Mary Anne Madonia

9.2

Delicious. More earthy than the '08 Talenti. — 10 years ago