Rosso di Montalcino DOC Loacker - Tenuta Corte Pavone

The little brother of Brunello. According to the Consorzio's ideas, the Rosso should be the ruby-red, fresh and fruity counterpart to Brunello, ready to drink much sooner. The terroir and grape variety (100% of the Sangiovese clone Brunello) are the same, but otherwise the regulations are less strict. Yields may be somewhat higher and the young wine, which does not necessarily have to have been aged in wood, may be sold as early as September 1st after the harvest. While some winemakers now bottle their Rosso di Montalcino as a downgraded and therefore not really cheap second wine, at Corte Pavone it is still a Rosso in the original sense. The grapes come from vines that are on average 25 years old, and the wine matures for 18 months in used wooden barrels of various sizes before it is bottled. Ruby red in the glass. On the nose, violets, dark cherries, dried plums, cedar wood and dark tobacco. There are also ethereal and animal notes. Youthful, very juicy acidity, lots of extract sweetness, fine-grained yet soft tannins and a little saltiness on the finish. Lots of sophistication and drinkability with a surprisingly good price-performance ratio!