green apple and tangerine skin-suffused aromas

with grainy tannins and firm acidity

The mouthfeel of the broad-shouldered flavors is equally seductive and even sleeker but despite the generous midpalate there is solid muscle and a firm core of tannins supporting the powerful and driving finish

Dark stone fruit

(from 90+ year old vines that are worked by horse)

Ciacci Piccolomini, Brunello Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso Vintage:2015 green apple and tangerine skin-suffusedThe 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna di Pianrosso Santa Caterina d'Oro is a fine and delicate wine that cleverly delivers the intensity of the vintage but without the heaviness or the ripeness. This wine holds back, just enough, to affirm its poised balance in terms of fruit richness, texture and tannic structure. It shows symmetry throughout. Dark cherry fruit, cassis, plum, lavender and campfire ash set the tone. The mouthfeel is thickly