From the five-star 2019 vintage, now drinking beautifully. Cherry, small red fruits, liquorice and wood, with firm but silky tannins. The producer himself calls it a little Brunello.
Deep ruby with garnet edges. The nose is now developed and layered: cherry and small red woodland fruits, liquorice, spice and a woody, almost balsamic undertone, alongside wild flowers and savoury herbs. On the palate the wine surprises with more weight and concentration than a Rosso usually carries; the attack is refined, the body full and suave, and the tannins have resolved into velvet. The finish is calm and of high class, with an aftertaste of liquorice and dried cherry. From magnum it stands at its finest now, and will hold for another five years at least. Around 17 degrees, with roast meat, game or a ripe cheese.
In Montalcino, grandparents call their granddaughters potazzine, after the small, brightly coloured birds of the Tuscan countryside. That is what their grandmother called Viola and Sofia, the daughters of owner Gigliola Giannetti — and the estate grew in step with them: Viola was born in 1993, the founding year, and when Sofia arrived in 1996 two more hectares took the total to five.
The Rosso here is no by-product. Almost half the Brunello production is declassified into Rosso: the same vineyards, the same wild yeasts, the same forty-day fermentation — only twelve months in the large Slavonian casks instead of nearly four years. Unfiltered, like everything here.
The standard bottle of this vintage has long sold out. What remains is large format — and that matures more slowly, so you are in good time.
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