($60): Vasco Sassetti made a powerful brooding Brunello in 2010 that conveys a healthy dose of dark minerality and earthiness that balances its ripeness.  Despite its power, this is a fresh and lively wine.  An attractive black cherry skin subtle bitterness reinforces the seriousness of this Brunello.  Beautifully structured with firm, not aggressive tannins, it’s clearly a wine for the cellar.  Come back in a decade and you’ll be thrilled, I’m sure.
95 Michael Apstein Apr 28, 2015