MOCALI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2018

Southwest Montalcino sits at the cooler, elevated edge of the denomination, where marl and limestone soils laced with mineral salts distinguish it from the warmer valley floor. Mocali, a family estate the Ciacci family has worked since the 1950s, farms Sangiovese Grosso at 300–350 meters, where oak and ilex forest tempers the summer heat. The wine ages under Brunello's mandatory minimum framework before release, emerging with dried cherry, tobacco, and coffee on the nose, structured tannins, and a finish that carries iron-edged minerality and dried herb.