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Castello di Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino Filo di Seta Riserva 2016

Reviews

100 -Raffaele Vecchione -

Incredibly elegant design showing complexity and sensory purity described in the alternating scents of wild blackberries, blueberry juice, plums, liquorice, Barbour vanilla, orange rind, citronella, linden blossom, white almonds, dried cherries and fresh origano. The secondary profile is genuine and smooth giving nuances of rose petals and grapefruit blended with fondant chocolate. Full bodied, silky tannins of incredible workmanship and a finale with a precise and sartorial closure. A new label for Castello Romitorio which has chosen the best grapes from their Single Vineyard Filo di Seta for the first time after 6 years.

98 -James Suckling -

98 -Vinous -

After tasting and loving the annata, I had high expectations for the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Filo di Seta Riserva. This is youthfully restrained and grumbling in the glass, but it’s worth waiting for, as a captivating display of mentholated herbs, dusty rose, lavender, black cherries, hints of animal musk and crushed ashen stone evolves before your eyes. It’s deeply textural and polished in feel, but also full of zesty, cooling acidity that enlivens the sultry core of dark fruits and exotic spices. A saturation of tannin coats the palate, creating a massively structured and long finale with lingering remnants of salted licorice and inner violet tones. The 2016 Riserva Filo di Seta may be a masterpiece in the making, though it will be many years before it shows all of its hidden beauty.

97 -Decanter -

The first ever Riserva from Castello Romitorio’s Filo di Seta plot, this is crafted from a handful of selected tonneaux – mostly used but a couple new. Significantly, it comes predominantly from early-picked grapes. Still in its infancy, the 2016 is not ready to divulge everything. Weighty with depths of wild, spicy, dark fruit, yet radiant in its acidity, a sturdy framework of tannins sticks to the palate with a pulverised, chalky texture giving immense grip. Anise, mint and clove show up on the finish. This bears a hefty price tag as Filippo Chia seeks to elevate the value of Montalcino.

97 -Wine Advocate -

Here's a new wine from Castello Romitorio, and it makes perfect sense that the Filo di Seta project should also be presented as a Riserva (although I did a double take when I saw the wine price). The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Filo di Seta is elongated and silky. It wraps smoothly over the palate with well-dosed fruit, tannic structure and brilliant acidity. It should be exciting to follow this wine over the cooler and the warmer vintages of the future. It ages in oak for 30 months. Only 3,900 bottles were created.

97 -Wine Spectator -

Technical Details

Blend 100% Sangiovese
Winemaker Filippo Chia
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
Vineyard Filo di Seta vineyard
Farming Method Organic Practices
Aging / Cooperage 72 months; 36 months in oak, aged in bottle until release the 6th year following the harvest
Alcohol 14.5%
Production 328 cases

Castello di Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino Filo di Seta Riserva 2016

Name: Castello di Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino Filo di Seta Riserva 2016
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1012440
Price: 449.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Sangiovese | Tuscany

RV100, VN98, JS98, WS97, WA97, DC97

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$700.00

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With fewer than 4,000 bottles in production, this first-ever vintage of Castello Romitorio’s “Filo di Seta” Riserva is exceptionally limited – and we have only one case available at our incredible price. The 100% Sangiovese comes entirely from the estate’s celebrated Filo de Seta vineyard, and then a rigorous barrel selection of their top lots takes place before fermenting in cement and aging a minimum of 24 months in oak, followed by bottling and aging another 6 months prior to release.

This wine isn’t a plush, drink-me-now Brunello – but rather a powerful, elegantly lifted rendition that is designed to age wonderfully for up to 20-plus years. It’s bursting with notes of black cherry, plum, dusty herbs, rose, and lavender, with whispering accents of licorice, mushroom, and crushed stone. A minty finish wrapped in chalky tannins accentuates the wine’s bright acidity and serious concentration, making for a bottling of great prestige and poise from a vintage and producer that are equally turning heads in the wine world. With double 98 points and an incredible amount of care woven into its essence, this is a wildly collectible wine at a considerably steep discount.

About The Producer

Castello Romitorio is a new kid on the block by Tuscan standards, going back in its current iteration to just 1984. They have become revered for pushing the boundaries of what Brunello di Montalcino can be in the modern day, and for their perfect marriage of art and agriculture. Their remote parcel in the northwest of Montalcino is surrounded by forests, which provide a cooling influence and surreal elegance to these wines.

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