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Baricci Colombaio di Montosoli Brunello di Montalcino 2021

Reviews

100 -Kerin O'Keefe -

The 2021 Brunello Di Montalcino Montosoli is still tightly wound, offering floral perfume, ripe red cherries, and subtle spice that builds with air. Medium-bodied, it has terrific length and focus, with well-defined tannins and brisk acidity that underline its youthful structure. This is going to benefit from bottle age, and I would give it time if opening young. Drink 2027-2050.

96+ -Jeb Dunnuck -

Baricci consistently makes wines that reflect the identity of this special Tuscan territory. The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino is balanced and tense, offering dark fruit flavors of blackberry alongside crushed stone. The estate’s vineyards always deliver a pronounced mineral tone. The wine is quite fleshy on the palate—textured and rich—but it should shed this baby fat with additional years in the cellar. Sourced from the historic Montosoli hill, one of Montalcino’s most celebrated crus, Baricci’s Brunello is known for its precision, longevity and site transparency. The wine is aged in Slavonian oak, and 16,500 bottles were produced.

95 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli is darkly wrapped up in its youthful state. Swirling unlocks depths of dried black cherry, dusty rose, crushed stone, violet pastille and clove. It’s round and soothing on the palate, with perfumed red berry fruit, mineral tones and textures of pure silk. This displays remarkable balance through the raspberry-tinged finish, which is long and structured but still fresh. The 2021 is fantastic and harmonious throughout.

95 -Vinous -

95 -Decanter -

One of the founding members of the consorzio, Baricci is now in the capable hands of the third generation – brothers Federico and Francesco Buffi. The Brunello has been made since 1971, always and only from the family’s vineyards on the hill of Montosoli. The fresh nose builds gradually with accents of candied lilac, mint, rooibos tea and punctuating, brambly berries. Judiciously weighted with glossy fruit, this expands smoothly with plentiful tannins that are the texture of fine sand. Nutmeg and liquorice perfume the palate. The acidity is cool and refreshing, and a pleasantly bitter finish lingers with pine and walnut. Already likable but not quite ready.

Technical Details

Blend 100% Sangiovese
Winemaker Federico Buffi
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
Vineyard Montosoli Cru
Farming Method Organic Practices
Oak Large Slavonian oak botti
Aging / Cooperage Aged in large Slavonian oak casks (botti) of 40Hl for 36 months, followed by bottle aging for 6 months
Alcohol 14.5%

Baricci Colombaio di Montosoli Brunello di Montalcino 2021

Name: Baricci Colombaio di Montosoli Brunello di Montalcino 2021
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1013783
Price: 99.95 USD
Availability: InStock

Sangiovese | Tuscany

KO100, JD96+, WA95, VN95, DC95

Organic Practices

$125.00

$99.95

750ML

20% OFF RETAIL!

What’s that, you say? You want more glorious, profound Brunello from the wickedly awesome 2021 vintage? Happy to oblige. In fact, how about a 100-POINTER for under $100? My hands are shaking just typing that. Get after it, y’all!

The Baricci family are farmers by trade, and in 1955, they finally managed to purchase a small holding called Colombaio di Montosoli after years of physical and financial sacrifice. Brunello was still an obscure wine made in tiny quantities by a small number of enthusiasts – but in 1967, Nello Baricci joined a small group of growers to found the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino, the producers' association created to protect and promote the wine. The first publicly released Baricci Brunello was the 1971 vintage (though they had a Rosso out in 1968). This family is as foundational as it can get in the launch and popularization of the style and region of Brunello di Montalcino, and their wines are just as captivating today.

The 2021 vintage holds up to the power and prestige of the season as a whole in Montalcino. With a worthy, thrilling 100 points from Kerin O’Keefe to its name, and a pile of other passionate scores in tow, it leans into purity, lift, freshness, and balance instead of heavy extraction or new oak. This tension gives it a lengthy drinking window that gives you clearance to pop it open anywhere from now (with a good decant) to the early 2040s.

The experience within the glass is like a kaleidoscope of purple, brown, and black-blue shapes tinkering about – crushed violets, dusty truffle, wild blueberry, black raspberry, and some freshly tanned leather layered over salty stones, blood orange, licorice, and ground clove. A wild ride of layers – complete with ample fruit alongside savory depth – positioned against refined tannins and pleasingly mouthwatering acidity. Really artistic, nearly poetic in nature, and massively contemplative. Not shy, but not overbearing either – you simply have to try it for yourself.

It’s not often you can find a 100-point wine for under $100 – no less, one from a knockout vintage and historically transformative producer like we have here! Have at it!

FOOD PAIRINGS: Juicy grilled pork chops topped with olive tapenade for the win here. No question.

About The Producer

Nello Baricci was born in Montalcino in 1921. In 1955, with the few savings of a lifetime, he bought the Eastern slope of the Montosoli hill, a very special place with a long tradition of Sangiovese cultivation dating back to the Middle- Age. The Montosoli hill was already famous for the production of high-quality wines thanks to its exceptional combination of soil composition and micro-climate. When the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino was established in 1967, Nello Baricci was already considered a Master of Sangiovese. Today Baricci is the only producer to have all his vineyards (5 Ha) in the Montosoli “Grand Cru”. The Montosoli Cru is located in the Northern area of Montalcino. This cooler climate makes the ripening process slower than in other areas of Montalcino. Here, the harvest is usually 15 days later than in the warmer Southern sites. These characteristics give the wines perfect ripe tannins, great acidity and a very balanced sugar concentration, what translates in a Rosso full of freshness and fruitiness, and in a Brunello full of elegance, complexity, and smoothness.

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