Gaja (Pieve Santa Restituta), Brunello Montalcino other_regions There is plenty of verve

There is plenty of verve and mid-palate concentration to the intense and seductively textured flavors that offer both good size and weight

Tasted in London with a Bordeaux merchant

The 2016 Clarté Haut-Brion Blanc has an open-knit bouquet of orange blossom

crushed flowers and deeply spiced notes are woven into an intricate fabric of indescribable class

an impression enhanced by a fabulous nose of sherbet

Gaja (Pieve Santa Restituta), Brunello Montalcino other_regions There is plenty of verveConcentrated, dark fruit with top notes of tobacco leaf. Seems already a little developed. Noticeable oak on the palate but with lovely freshness too. Modernist hand and can already be approached. (WS)