Altesino, Brunello Di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy 2018

100% Sangiovese

The Altesino Brunello is a brilliant ruby red color, tending towards garnet red with age. Its bouquet is intense, pure, pleasant and refined, reminiscent of sweet violet, tobacco, chocolate and pleasant hints of wild berries and vanilla. Its flavor fully confirms the above in a well-balanced, full-bodied wine with good tannins and a solid structure.

Altesino's Brunello is dry, warm, and velvety — an opulent wine nevertheless of extraordinary elegance. Pair with red and roasted meats, or aged cheese.

The wine ages for a minimum of two years in oak barrel, then a minimum of four months in bottle before release. Ready to drink today, but it will also cellar for a good 20 years or more.

Brunello di Montalcino is the ambassador of top quality Italian wines around the world, the first wine to receive the DOCG appellation.

The winery’s outlook combines an essential respect for tradition with a forward-looking perspective, resulting in wine that retains the unique and high quality reputation of Brunello. From its emphasis on traditional methods of agriculture, the careful hand selection of the grapes, to the rose bushes which overlook each of the vines, Altesino firmly maintains its control over quality, a principle that governs every aspect of life and work at the estate.