IL MARRONETO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2018

Bright cherry, blueberry, and cassis open this 2018 Brunello, threaded with cumin and white pepper before settling into a balanced, tensile mid-palate. Il Marroneto farms estate Sangiovese in Montalcino's southwestern quadrant, where galestro and clay soils at elevation drive the wine's structural backbone. Alessandro Mori aged the wine 39 months in large oak casks — the traditional Brunello approach — which polishes tannins without erasing fruit energy. The finish is long and mineral, with the tannins fully integrated and the wine showing no sign of closing down.