Wine Advocate: 98 Points
Filippo Chia and his team kill it in this vintage. The Castello Romitorio 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Filo di Seta is a beautiful and balanced wine. This estate is making some of the best Brunellos from Montalcino today. In the not too distant past its vineyards were once considered too cool for ideal fruit ripening but with climate change the vines are now in a prime position for balanced phenolics sugars and acidity. This wine shows a wide and complete bouquet spanning many aromas all delivered with direct vertical intensity. This is one of the delightful oxymorons that occurs with fine wine. It shows soft building intensity but most importantly the fruit quality is bright and fresh (with 7760 bottles made). This is a keeper. Castello Romitorio is releasing a new wine made with 100% Syrah this year (from the 2021 vintage). In other news the estate completed its certification for organics in 2022. This is one of the best set of new releases from this dynamic producer. Published: Nov 21 2024
The Wine Independent: 96 Points
The 2020 Filo di Seta has Bing cherry orange zest toasted baking spices leading into a juicy palate with loads of concentration and tannins that are sappy and well-managed.The oak is showy but does overpower the fruit on the finish. Polished and modern in style it's an impressive wine with no hard edges.
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