Brunello di Montalcino "Sugarille" Pieve Santa Restituta (Gaja) 2004 (750 ml)

95 poena – The Wine Advocate

Pieve Santa Restituta je imanje porodice Gaja u Montalčinu, kupljeno 1994. godine. To je bila prva ekspanzija porodice van Pijemonta još od osnivanja vinarije u Barbaresku 1859. godine. Sugarille je južno orijentisan vinograd sa zemljištem koje čine glina i krečnjak. Kao i sva vina Brunello, sastoji se isključivo od sorte Sangiovese.

Ovo vino se proizvodi u vrlo malim količinama i to samo u izuzetnim berbama. Berba iz 2004. godine ima predivnu duboku boju, uz note sladića na nosu, kao i assam čaja i pečenih trava. Na nepcu je izuzetno mineralno, sa zrelim (i tercijarnim) tamnim voćem, kao i notama kakaa – pa čak i tamne čokolade.

Veoma svilenkasto na nepcu, sa fino zrnatim, zrelim taninskim okvirom i živahnom kisjelošću. Kao i obično, Sugarille u 2004. pokazuje veću intenzivnost od Gajinog drugog Brunella sa jedinstvenog vinograda – Rennine. Ima dug, bogat i teksturalan završetak. Jednostavno uzorno vino – ali je za uživanje sada ili najkasnije do 2028. godine.

95 points - The Wine Advocate

Pieve Santa Restituta is Gaja’s estate in Montalcino, purchased in 1994. It is the family’s first expansion outside Piedmont since the winery's establishment in Barbaresco in 1859.    Sugarille is a single south-facing vineyard consisting of clay and limestone.  As with all Brunello wines, it is comprised of 100% Sangiovese.  

Not many bottles of this are produced, and only in the better vintages.  The 2004 has a lovely deep colour with touches of licquorice on the nose, as well as assam tea and roasted herbs. On the palate it is incredibly mineral, with now ripe (and tertiary) black fruit as well as notes of cocoa - even dark chocolate.  Very silky on the palate, with a finely grained ripe tannic structure and a lively acidity. There is, as usual, greater intensity with Sugarille in 2004 than with Gaja's other single vineyard Brunello, Rennina. It has a long, rich and textural finish. Simply exemplary - but this is one for drinking now or by 2028.