2017 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne Siro Pacenti with a warm summer and

with a warm summer and a cold spell during the harvest that perhaps produced more immediate wines than 2018

chocolate and walnut characters

dark chocolate and graphite on the nose

with the fruit keeping pace easily

2017 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne Siro Pacenti with a warm summer andParker Monica Larner 94, 2024 2045, The Siro Pacenti 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne shows an extra degree of concentration and thickness thanks both to the vintage (this hot and dry growing season produced darker, more intense berries) and the older vines that also work toward greater fruit weight. The Vecchie Vigne shows lots of depth and textural weaving with dark berries and oak spice. In fact, the oak (and that big 15% alcohol) is more