Black cherry, cedar and orange blossom aromas follow through to a medium body with firm and lightly chewy tannins which are polished and pretty. I would like to see slightly more fruit in the center palate but it’s racy and fine. Drink now or hold.

The Molino di Sant'Antimo 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Paolus opens to a dark garnet appearance that keeps a good amount of the ambient light within. When you sip this wine, it offers a momentary interlude of sweetness that directly transfers to bright berry freshness, licorice and camphor ash. It wraps over the palate with delicate and silky intensity. However, all said and done, this wine offer accessible and near-term drinking appeal. The was bottled in August 2019 and was released in January 2020. Some 25,000 bottles were released.

The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Paolus is a hearty and robust Sangiovese with dark garnet tonality. The wine is redolent of dried cherry and blackberry with layers of smoke, tar and spicy tobacco. The fruit is slightly evolved. The wine shows elegance in the mouth with firm tannins and good structure. For a Brunello, you get decent value here. Some 30,000 bottles were made.

Of Molino di Sant'Antimo's two wines, the 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Paolus has the edge. The fruit is more firm and compact, and ultimately this wine leaves a longer impression in terms of mouthfeel. It would pair nicely with homemade pasta dressed with game meat ragù or rabbit sauce. This Brunello has the bright acidity and the alcoholic power to cut through those foods.

The 2011 Brunello di Montalcino Paolus is a shapely and opulent wine from an aromatic point of view. The bouquet opens to dark cherry, blackberry, spice, leather and cola. Like many other wines from this vintage, the mouthfeel is lighter and less impactful overall. But it does exhibit the kind of integrated acidity that makes this wine perfect for pasta or meat dishes.