RP
95
Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
V
95
Vinous
WS
95
Wine Spectator
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Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Brunello Di Montalcino 'Sugarille' 2018

22 units available online.
Product description

The story of Gaja can be traced to a singular, founding purpose--to produce original wines with a sense of place which reflect the tradition and culture of those who made it. This philosophy has inspired five generations of impeccable winemaking.

This wine is a deep ruby colour and offers an expressive aroma of wildflowers, ripe cherry and balsamic notes. It's full-bodied with flavours of fresh plum and herbs, well-integrated wood and silky tannins.

95 Points - Wine Spectator

A dark, brooding 2018, with accents of smoke, vanilla, iron and tar surrounding a core of cherry and plum flavors. Reveals balsamic elements of eucalyptus and wild herbs on the lingering finish. On the austere side now, with a core of fruit and mineral.

95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Showing extra richness and textural weight, the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Sugarille is structured, rich and intense. This wine represents fruit from a single site that is characterized by schistous galestro soils. These conditions give Sugarille its heavier center of gravity and its distinguished power and heft. Dark fruit, balsam herb and pencil shavings shape a beautiful and precise bouquet.

95 Points - Vinous

The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Sugarille keeps me coming back to the glass again and again to take in its spicy yet also wonderfully lifted bouquet, as shavings of cedar and pine evolve to reveal mentholated herbs, flinty stone and dried black cherries. This is deeply textural, soothing with its combination of ripe red fruits and juicy acidity, as sweet spices and mint nuances resonate towards the close. The Sugarille doesn't miss a beat, tapering off with impeccable balance and regal structure, while allowing remnants of ripe wild berries and plum to linger on and on. The Gaja family has really outdone themselves in this idiosyncratic vintage.