Brunello di Montalcino 'Vigna del Suolo', Tenuta Di Argiano, 2020

"The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo captivates as a bouquet of dried roses and crushed stone gives red plums and spice orange peels. This is surprisingly juicy and graceful in style, sweeping across the palate with silken textures yet lifted in feel as depths of red and blueberry fruits settle on the senses. The 2020 tapers off youthfully tens-e and structured, leaving a tart cranberry concentration and web of fine-grained tannins that flex upon the palate. The 2020 should gain weight with cellaring, but it will always be an incredibly pretty and finessed interpretation of Vigna del Suolo."

"The Vigna del Suolo is a beautiful stretch of vines, with the glorious Arigano castle set in a picture-perfect background position. The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna del Suolo shows what is best described as a soft chewy center like the kind you might find in a home-baked cherry pie. It's not heavy, but the fruit comes through quite directly and with determined elegance. You also get toasted spice and a sweet hint of sauna cedar over medium-plus length. Production in this case is limited to a collectors' worthy 4,279 bottles."