Great aromatics here, with lifted dried herbs, pine needle, currant, exotic Asian spice/coriander and redcurrant...

Sassocheto is Il Grappolo’s Vigna 2010, a Sant-Angelo in Colle ripper, intense, brooding, formidable and still...

A neatly maturing, savoury, earthy-umami-driven Brunello, firmly in the dried porcini mushroom, dried fruit spectrum,...

Garnet red in the glass doesn't belie this Brunello's age. Traditional in style. Umami driven nose of leather, tobacco, earth, dried flowers. Fruit is drying too. Some oxidation showing as may be expected. High acidity, high alcohol and drying tannin that is still grippy. Complexity and excellent length, but I wouldn't cellar too much longer. Enjoy while you can. Dec. 2018.