Should we just forget Brunello and buy Rosso di Montalcino?

I found their rosso to be really good in that vintage, but I must have finished that up quite some years ago. I never got to taste their flagship though.

Last night was spaghetti fest so we opened a 2007 Pinino [Brunello di Montalcino] which had a complex nose showing sweaty, savory meats (prosciutto?) and then rhubarb, along with other sweet notes. Low acid, 14% abv, but still some tannic structure and grip. It has a long finish, easily 45 seconds. This is the only time I have tried this newer producer but I quite like it, slotting it into the A- category. The color looks mature to me, so no reason to wait any more.

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