- Robert Parker (RP) points 97
- Vinous points
Gaja - Pieve Santa Restituta - Rennina - Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Vintage
2019
Size
75 cl
Price
€238.80 ex. VAT
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Tasting notes
Impeccably balanced with that proverbial Gaja Madias Touch that always denotes an extra level of creaminess or fruit concentration that fits lock and key with the wine's acidity and velvety tannic structure, this is a truly gorgeous wine. The Pieve Santa Restituta 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Rennina represents a blend of fruit from sites of various soil compositions and exposures. In this classic vintage, you can count on a wine that is firmly structured and important in terms of mouthfeel, but it also yields to delicate and softer nuances of wild rose, toasted cumin seed, campfire ash and grilled rosemary. The wine sticks to the palate and offers long-lasting black fruit flavors.
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Provenance
- Type
- Red
- Producer
- Gaja
- Country
- Italy
- Appellation
- Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Region
- Tuscany
Technical
- Vintage
- 2019
- Grapes
- ABV
- Size
- 75cl
- Ageing
- Serving
- 18° - 20° C
- Drinking window
Food pairings
Key characteristics
About this wine
The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Rennina is beautifully balanced and elegant. The wine is successfully streamlined and focused on the nuanced characteristics of the otherwise warm and sunny 2015 vintage. Rennina is often considered to be the more lithe and graceful of Gaja's two Brunellos (the other being Sugarille that is also reviewed here). The bouquet opens to pretty berry nuances, blue flower, lavender, grilled herb and powdery licorice. Despite the more delicate approach, Rennina delivers ample power in the mouth with fresh acidity and tight tannins. I'd suggest opening this bottle at the 10-year mark. Production is 11,000 bottles.
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Behind the bottle
Producer
Gaja
The Gaja family settled in Piedmont in the mid-seventeenth century. Five generations of Gaja’s have been producing wines in the Langhe hills since 1989, the year Giovanni Gaja, a local grape grower, founded the Gaja winery in…
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Region
Tuscany
Italy's most ancient wine region, Tuscany may not be a heavyweight in terms of quantity, but as the home of two of the country's most famous fine wines, Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino, it certainly holds its own in terms…
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Appellation
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG is located in the hills surrounding the medieval town of Montalcino in southern Tuscany, Italy. The appellation was granted DOCG status in 1980, recognizing it as one of Italy's most important wine…
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