Sesti Brunello di Montalcino 2018

Elisa Sesti, co-director at Tenuta di Sesti, calls the 2018 "an elegant and intriguing vintage." These wines have the ability to express clearly Sangiovese and individual terroir. This 2018 Brunello di Montalcino stands as a gorgeous testament to the Sesti family's half-century of stewardship of this land. Ample, deep, and succulent, this enthralling Brunello is already highly rewarding. It has notes of red fruit, spices and earth with a long, structured finish.

The wines are aged in oak barrels for differing lengths of time, and are bottled unfined and unfiltered. This is traditional Brunello: powerful but refined, with the kind of structure that rewards patience.

Perfect with: Bistecca alla Fiorentina, wild boar ragu, aged Pecorino, or roast chicken, turkey, or pan-seared duck breast

• Producer: Sesti (Castello di Argiano)
• Region: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
• Variety: 100% Sangiovese (Brunello)
• Alcohol: 14.5%