Wine Advocate Score 90
Barbi’s 2004 Brunello di Montalcino opens with scents of tobacco, underbrush and spices that lead to dark red cherries on the palate. Though medium in body, the wine reveals surprising depth and finessed tannins that give it a terrific sense of proportion. Today the wine remains rather firm and tight, but the raw material seems to be there for this to develop into a gorgeous, rewarding Brunello in a few years’ time. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2022.
Wine Advocate # 183, Jun 2009, Antonio Galloni