Kerin O’Keefe’s 2025 Top 100

Kerin O’Keefe’s 2025 Top 100: nice awards for Massolino, Paltrinieri and Patrizia Cencioni. 

Their Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda, Lambrusco Radice and Brunello Ofelio are  in the 2025 TOP 100 wines. Congratulations!

#14 of 2025:  Massolino’s Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda 2019 with 98 Points

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"The impressive 2019 Vigna Rionda Riserva from Massolino captivates with its combination of structure, intensity and elegance. It opens with classic Barolo aromas of red berry, wild rose, dark spice, leather and a balsamic whiff of camphor that on the composed, full-bodied palate segue into more defined sensations of crushed raspberry, cranberry, licorice and tobacco. Showing the nuance of this extraordinary vintage, it’s still youthfully austere, with a backbone of firm, fine-grained tannins and vibrant acidity that lends youthful tension. This is one I’d love to try again in ten years or so. Drink 2034–2049"
Kerin O'Keefe

#61 of 2025
Patrizia Cencioni’s Brunello di Montalcino Ofelio 2021 with 96 Points

"The Patrizia Cencioni 2021 Brunello Ofelio is a stunning wine. It opens with heady scents of sandalwood, underbrush, lavender, Mediterranean scrub, new leather and cedar. Picking up where the nose leaves off, the full-bodied, focused palate delivers ripe red plum, black cherry, licorice and vanilla set against firm, fine-grained tannins and bright acidity. Still quite young and primary, this promises great aging potential so give it time to fully develop. Drink 2033–2046."
Kerin O'Keefe
#94 of 2025: Paltrinieri’s Lambrusco di Sorbara Radice 2024 with 94 Points
James Suckling awards Radice Lambrusco Paltrinieri
"The 2024 Radice, a benchmark wine in the denomination along with its sibling Leclisse, opens with delicately enticing aromas of small red berry, violet, lavender, citrus and wild herb. Showing great racy tension, the palate is bone-dry and savory, featuring pomegranate, cranberry, blood orange and saline notes. Made with the ancestral method of bottling the wine while still on its lees, as you get toward the bottom of the bottle, you’ll also find yeasty flavors recalling brioche. Bright acidity and a fine fizz provide energy and finesse."
Kerin O'Keefe

Patrizia Cencioni: awards by Vinous

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Patrizia Cencioni: awards by Vinous.
94+ Points were assigned to the Brunello Ofelio and 94 to Riserva 123  while the Brunello 2021 received 93 Points.

BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO OFELIO 2021

100% sangiovese
Manual selection of the grapes, soft de-stemming, fermentation at controlled temperature, 32 days of skin contact.
Aged for 40 months in 15 Hl Slavonian oak Barrels

Color: deep ruby red with garnet reflection.
Aroma: rich bouquet with complex aromas. Intense notes of sour cherry and violet, followed by spices and mediterranean herbs.
Flavor: great structure and intensity. Rich, vibrant, lively and elegant, with great persistence.
Food Pairings: perfect pairing for red meats and game.

BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 123 2020

100% sangiovese
Manual selection of the bunches, soft de-stemming, fermentation at controlled temperature, 32 days of skin contact.
Aged for 48 months in 20 Hl Slavonian oak Barrels and 7,5 hl French oak Barrels. 

Color: deep, bright ruby red with garnet reflection.
Aroma: intense bouquet with great complexity. Sour cherry, violet, blood orange, followed by spice with perceptible hints of leather and tobacco.
Flavor: well-structured and intense. Rich, elegant, with a velvety texture and great persistence.
Food Pairings: perfect match for red meats and game.

BRUNELLO MONTALCINO 2021

100% sangiovese
Manual selection of the bunches, soft de-stemming, fermentation at controlled temperature, 25 days of skin contact.
Aged for 36 months in 26, 42 e 7,5 hl French and Slavonian oak Barrels.

Color: intense, bright ruby red.
Aroma: in the foreground is an intense fruity note of iron cherry, then comes the balsamicity of Mediterranean bush, along with hints of tobacco and cocoa
Flavor: intense and enveloping.
Food Pairings: perfect with red meats and game.

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THE WINERY:

Founded in 1989, the winery Patrizia Cencioni is now managed by three women who continue a tradition started by their grandfather, Giuseppe Cencioni, one of the founders of the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino.
The estate spans about 50 hectares, including 8 dedicated to Brunello di Montalcino vineyards and 7 to olive groves. 

Patrizia, Annalisa and Arianna

Last but not least, the winery offers tours and tastings at their location at Podere Capanna, 102 – 53024 Montalcino.

Cantina Patrizia Cencioni: Solarianne
Falstaff awards for Patrizia Cencioni
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Patrizia Cencioni: awards by Winecritic.com

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Patrizia Cencioni: awards by Winecritic.com.
97 Points were assigned to the Brunello Riserva 123 and the Ofelio while the Brunello 2021 received 95 Points.

BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 123 2020

100% sangiovese
Manual selection of the bunches, soft de-stemming, fermentation at controlled temperature, 32 days of skin contact.
Aged for 48 months in 20 Hl Slavonian oak Barrels and 7,5 hl French oak Barrels. 

Color: deep, bright ruby red with garnet reflection.
Aroma: intense bouquet with great complexity. Sour cherry, violet, blood orange, followed by spice with perceptible hints of leather and tobacco.
Flavor: well-structured and intense. Rich, elegant, with a velvety texture and great persistence.
Food Pairings: perfect match for red meats and game.

BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO OFELIO 2021

100% sangiovese
Manual selection of the grapes, soft de-stemming, fermentation at controlled temperature, 32 days of skin contact.
Aged for 40 months in 15 Hl Slavonian oak Barrels

Color: deep ruby red with garnet reflection.
Aroma: rich bouquet with complex aromas. Intense notes of sour cherry and violet, followed by spices and mediterranean herbs.
Flavor: great structure and intensity. Rich, vibrant, lively and elegant, with great persistence.
Food Pairings: perfect pairing for red meats and game.

BRUNELLO MONTALCINO 2021

100% sangiovese
Manual selection of the bunches, soft de-stemming, fermentation at controlled temperature, 25 days of skin contact.
Aged for 36 months in 26, 42 e 7,5 hl French and Slavonian oak Barrels.

Color: intense, bright ruby red.
Aroma: in the foreground is an intense fruity note of iron cherry, then comes the balsamicity of Mediterranean bush, along with hints of tobacco and cocoa
Flavor: intense and enveloping.
Food Pairings: perfect with red meats and game.

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THE WINERY:

Founded in 1989, the winery Patrizia Cencioni is now managed by three women who continue a tradition started by their grandfather, Giuseppe Cencioni, one of the founders of the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino.
The estate spans about 50 hectares, including 8 dedicated to Brunello di Montalcino vineyards and 7 to olive groves. 

Patrizia, Annalisa and Arianna

Last but not least, the winery offers tours and tastings at their location at Podere Capanna, 102 – 53024 Montalcino.

Cantina Patrizia Cencioni: Solarianne
Falstaff awards for Patrizia Cencioni
Patrizia Cencioni
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Patrizia Cencioni’s awards’ update

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Patrizia Cencioni ‘s awards’ update.
Kerin O’ Keefe rated their  beautiful Rosato Toscana 2023 with 93 Points while Brunello di Montalcino 2019  received 98 Pts by Doctor Wine.

ROSATO TOSCANA 2023

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“Made entirely with pre-harvsted Sangiovese destined to make Brunello, the fantastic 2024 Rosato from Patrizia Cencioni has an intense color recalling pink rose petal and intense floral aromas of lavender and rose that mix with small red berry and spice. Dry, savory and linear, the full-flavored palate delivers succulent red cherry, pomegranate and orange zest before a saline close. Bright acidity keeps it vibrant and balanced. Drink through 2027. Abv: 12.5%”
Kerin O’Keefe June 2025
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….and ther is more…..

With a ratings of 93 Points,
Patrizia Cenzioni’s Rosato Toscana 2023 reached the 8th place in the Top 25 Italian Rosato.

BRUNELLO MONTALCINO 2019

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THE WINERY:

Founded in 1989, the winery Patrizia Cencioni is now managed by three women who continue a tradition started by their grandfather, Giuseppe Cencioni, one of the founders of the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino.
The estate spans about 50 hectares, including 8 dedicated to Brunello di Montalcino vineyards and 7 to olive groves. 

Patrizia, Annalisa and Arianna

Last but not least, the winery offers tours and tastings at their location at Podere Capanna, 102 – 53024 Montalcino.

Cantina Patrizia Cencioni: Solarianne
Falstaff awards for Patrizia Cencioni
Patrizia Cencioni
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patrizia-cencioni-cellar

 

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