Donatella Cinelli Colombini Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva - 2019 (750ml)

96 points Wine Enthusiast

The nose opens savory, peppery and medicinal, then turns sweet and cool, before the palate drizzles abundant vanilla and chocolate over raspberries to create a comforting yet substantial sensation. — Danielle Callegari

95 points Robert Parker

This is a rich and powerful Brunello with a little extra concentration and grit to keep you warm on a chilly winter's night. It also reveals a potent 15% alcohol content that will serve well on those occasions. The organic 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva shows a lot of natural intensity with dried blackberry, baked plum and toasted almond shavings. The tannins are velvety and the wine remains quite structured throughout. It is aged in cement and aged in both tonneaux and large oak casks. Production is 10,400 bottles.

95 points Wine Spectator

Compelling aromas and flavors of black cherry, plum, juniper, eucalyptus, iron and flint are matched by abundant energy. Despite the broad band of piercing tannins underneath, this red is vivid and balanced while driving to the extended finish, which evokes earth, leather and orange peel elements. Best from 2028 through 2047. 866 cases made, 280 cases imported.

94 points Vinous

The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva captivates with an earthy bouquet of flowery underbrush, leather and smoke that gives way to dried strawberries and hints of pipe tobacco. Seamlessly silky and medium-bodied, it flows across the palate with licorice-tinged wild berry fruits as autumnal spices amass toward the close. The 2019 finishes with hulking tannins offset by a bump of residual acidity as nuances of plum mix with a bitter nip of ground cloves. This will require patience but has the balance for a long and steady evolution. - By Eric Guido on November 2023