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Querce Bettina
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
Montalcino · Italy·Vintage 2016
Critics
Tasting note
A garnet-red hue with clean, perfumed aromas of ripe red fruits such as plums, blackberries, and sour black cherries. On the palate, it is elegant, pleasantly dry, warm, and full-bodied, with a persistent finish and well-balanced tannins, alcohol, and structure.
The wine
- Grape
- Sangiovese Grosso 100%
- Style
- Red
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Paolo Caciorgna (enologist, per alloravino.com)
The producer
Querce Bettina
Montalcino, TuscanyFounded 19902.4 ha of vineyardquercebettina.it
Querce Bettina is a small family estate on the south-west side of Montalcino at about 440 m, bought by Sandra Barenghi and Roberto Moretti in 1990 and planted to Sangiovese in 1999. Production is tiny - roughly 6,500 bottles of Brunello and 9,000 of Rosso a year, with a Riserva only in selected years. The 2021 Brunello won a Gold Medal (95 pts) at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2026.