Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso [wood] 2019 NO20230712 and a hint of juniper

and a hint of juniper

" and it is what happens when he carries that Northern Rhone precision south

In 1975 Sergio Rossi bought a farmhouse and six and a half hectares of vines from Tedina Biondi-Santi — daughter of the family that effectively invented Brunello — and renamed the place La Gerla

grow wild and are heavily sought after by the local mezcaleros

Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso [wood] 2019 NO20230712 and a hint of juniperCiacci Piccolomini only makes this Riserva in the years that truly earn it, and 2019 in Montalcino was one of those years. It comes off the estate's Pianrosso cru down in Castelnuovo dell'Abate, where iron rich red soils give the wine its name and a deep, mineral backbone. This is traditional Brunello through and through, all Sangiovese, hand picked, and given years in big Slavonian oak casks rather than flashy new barrels. The result is dark and