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Salvioni Cerbaiola, Brunello di Montalcino, 2008

Red Wine from Tuscany, Italy
by Salvioni Cerbaiola
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Cult Brunello, mature and singing. Giulio Salvioni's tiny Cerbaiola estate sits on a four-hectare patch of high-altitude Montalcino, and demand has always outstripped supply — bottles are allocated in single-digit cases to a handful of importers. The 2008 is a classical vintage that suited Salvioni's restrained, traditional hand: long maceration, large neutral oak, no shortcuts. Seventeen years on, the wine has shed its primary fruit and stepped into that beautiful Brunello middle age — dried cherries, leather, tobacco leaf, wild herbs from the Tuscan hillsides. The tannins are resolved, the acidity is still bright, and there's another decade of drinking ahead if you don't open it first.

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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"Salvioni's 2008 Brunello di Montalcino speaks to finesse above all else. Sensual, ever-changing aromatics draw the taster in. The 2008 is gracious and lifted on the palate, yet also possesses a remarkable sense of understated richness. Just starting to enter the early part of its maturity, the 2008 also has more than enough depth to drink well for another two decades or so." —Antonio Galloni

Wine Spectator

93 points

"Aromatic, offering pure cherry and strawberry fruit, with gamy balsamic notes, this red combines depth and complexity. Shows finesse, harmony and well-integrated acidity and tannins. Fine length. Best from 2015 through 2028."

Kerin O'Keefe

93 points

"Bright cherry and blue floral aromas come with hints of leather and spice. The vibrant palate delivers succulent wild cherry and white pepper restrained by fresh acidity and bracing tannins. It has mesmerizing depth, finesse and balance." —Kerin O'Keefe

More about Salvioni Cerbaiola

Wine Details

  • Vintage

    2008

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Made for the table. Bistecca alla Fiorentina, wild boar ragù over pappardelle, roast guinea hen with porcini, aged pecorino. Anything from the Tuscan hills with a little char and savor will sing.

Tasting Profile

Medium-bodied, lifted and graceful, with dried red cherry, tobacco leaf, leather, dried rose, and wild Tuscan herbs. Tannins fully resolved, acidity bright, the finish savory and long. Classical mature Brunello.