Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso 2019 SO20231114 The nose is fresh and

The nose is fresh and expressive

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brown butter and lemon zest

the old way

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

Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso 2019 SO20231114 The nose is fresh andCiacci 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