2019 Rosso di Montalcino, Tassi, Tuscany, Italy

This comes from a single vineyard cru, named Greppino, planted in 1999. This site, sitting at 360-metre altitudes on calcareous clay, could be made into Brunello; yet Fabio, like a lot of progressive producers, opts to release younger, and gives a preview to the magnificent ’19 vintage. The wine has undergone a 20-day maceration in concrete egg followed by 12 months in large Slovenian oak botti. This is a confident Rosso, brick red, with a complex nose of sweet spices, wild herbs and ripe fruit. The palate is full of crunchy details of redcurrants, peach and plums, earthy minerality and supple, fruit-rich tannins, with a long, fine finish.

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