Pino. Brunello di Montalcino Grape _Viognier

Pino. Brunello di Montalcino Grape _ViognierBrunello di Montalcino DOCG Grape: Sangiovese The 2013 vintage has a well earned reputation for restrained, fine Brunello and this wine is exactly that. Muscular, supple fruit with black cherry and ripe fig, a presence of spice and no green flavours at all. Mature tannins corset the wine, which is opening out wonderfully and will be magnificent, I highly recommend cellaring a few bottles. link to Fattoria del Pino producer page The vineyard was

Spontaneous fermentation is in concrete tanks and ageing in botti grande (25hl French oak) for 2 years

Should you wish to give a specific amount

tannic backbone

The wine is aged for three months in botti (2500 litre oak barrels)

Clerico’s Lessona Riserva is an iconic Biellese wine

for a total time in the vat of about three weeks

and so the ‘Blue Label Barolo’ was created

on a southeast facing slope

The grapes are grown on a plot of Friulano planted in 1966 and 1997 using a Guyot* system

Many confuse it with PiculÌt of Eastern Friuli

apricot flavours

A serious and complex wine