2016 PIERO Brunello di Montalcino Talenti  Azienda Agricola Talenti the Alberello is aged for

the Alberello is aged for twelve months in 500-liter French oak barrels

eucalyptus and a hint of liquorice

Not surprisingly

coaxing wonderful complexity from his reserve wines (aged in a solera) and ensuring definition and purity from the base wines

Light herbal notes

2016 PIERO Brunello di Montalcino Talenti  Azienda Agricola Talenti the Alberello is aged forJames Suckling 97 points: This is really beautiful with so many black cherry and blackberry aromas, as well as walnut and cedar. Some black truffles, too. It's full bodied, yet ever so tight and polished with solid tannin tension and focus. Goes on and on. Structured and beautiful. Try after 2024. Galloni 97 points: The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Piero is a superb follow up to the 2015 that wowed me earlier this year. It's much more refined and