Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso 2019 SO20231114 an exuberant opening of mint

an exuberant opening of mint

and white flowers intertwine with honeyed candied fruit

The base recipe already includes 47 hand-picked botanicals from the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) region of Germany

the wine shows damson plums

The nose is fresh and expressive

Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso 2019 SO20231114 an exuberant opening of mintCiacci 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