2018 Sesta di Sopra "Magistra" Brunello di Montalcino
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James Suckling
Reviewed November 2022The aromas jump out with ripe berries, nutmeg, sweet potato and ginger. Full-bodied with firm, chewy tannins. Excellent energy here with a solid structure and a unique flavor profile. From organically grown grapes. Extremely well done for the vintage.
Professional Reviews
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Wine Advocate
Here's a new special section of Sangiovese from Sesta di Sopra. The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Magistra shows a slightly bigger constitution, but not by much, compared to the 2018 Brunello annata. The Magistra is also more open-knit in terms of texture, with broader brush strokes of dark fruit, dried cherry, smoke and spice. The general intensity has been taken up a notch, and the wine proves quite open and easy to read, even at the time of its release. A mere 1,000 bottles were made. (ML)
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Decanter
A new wine for Sesta di Sopra, Magistra is a selection of bunches from the estate’s best exposed pockets, matured in a single Slavonian oak barrel yielding a mere 1,000 bottles. Aromas are closed and consumed by wood initially, then cedar and vanilla transition into juniper and lavender. The fruit is compact and concentrated – a mix of cherry and persimmon. Its solid frame of still-rigid tannins will need a year or two to relax, though I'm not sure this will be longer lived than the estate’s classic Brunello. (MM)
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Kerin O'Keefe
An initial whiff of cellar floor burns off to reveal forest floor and Mediterranean brush. The palate is youthfully austere and rather lean, offering coffee bean, star anise and raw cranberry alongside tight, fine-grained tannins that leave a somewhat firm, astringent finish.
Details
| Origin | Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Sangiovese |
| Alcohol Content | 14.5% |
| SKU | 1724791 |