Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso 2019 AFKAT_2025 The Añejo ages 14-16 months

The Añejo ages 14-16 months

and charcoal frame deep currents of blackcurrant and cherry

and yellow orchard fruit backed by an energetic mousse

Light and fruity up front but with lots of salinity and acidity on the finish

and a palate of butterscotch sweetness held in perfect balance by decades of cellar evolution

Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pianrosso 2019 AFKAT_2025 The Añejo ages 14-16 monthsCiacci 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