Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Sugarille Brunello di Montalcino 2018
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Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Sugarille Brunello di Montalcino 2018

Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Sugarille Brunello di Montalcino 2018

$259.37
Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Sugarille Brunello di Montalcino 2018—
$259.37

The Story

A prestigious single-vineyard expression, Gaja’s Sugarille is the most "muscular" and structured Brunello in the Pieve Santa Restituta portfolio. Sourced from ancient, rocky galestro soils, it delivers a concentrated core of black cherry and plum layered with sophisticated notes of licorice, balsamic herbs, and crushed stone. Often compared to a Barolo for its brooding intensity and firm tannic spine, this wine offers incredible depth and a long, savory finish. It is a definitive collector's bottle built for decades of aging.

96 Points - James Suckling

Aromas of red plums, sour cherries, spice box, oranges, cloves and capers. Moss and porcini, too. Beautifully open, with a medium to full body and very fine, silky tannins. Lovely purity of fruit here, with a long, seamless finish. Ethereal and transparent. Drink from 2024.

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. Best from 2025 through 2043.

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. Give this wine more time to age.

Description

A prestigious single-vineyard expression, Gaja’s Sugarille is the most "muscular" and structured Brunello in the Pieve Santa Restituta portfolio. Sourced from ancient, rocky galestro soils, it delivers a concentrated core of black cherry and plum layered with sophisticated notes of licorice, balsamic herbs, and crushed stone. Often compared to a Barolo for its brooding intensity and firm tannic spine, this wine offers incredible depth and a long, savory finish. It is a definitive collector's bottle built for decades of aging.

96 Points - James Suckling

Aromas of red plums, sour cherries, spice box, oranges, cloves and capers. Moss and porcini, too. Beautifully open, with a medium to full body and very fine, silky tannins. Lovely purity of fruit here, with a long, seamless finish. Ethereal and transparent. Drink from 2024.

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. Best from 2025 through 2043.

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. Give this wine more time to age.
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