Sassetti Pertimali Montecucco Rosso "La Querciolina", 2017 garnacha blanca 960 feet above sea level

960 feet above sea level

This Pinot Noir is old world in style

32% Malvasia Fina

2016 Domaine de la Bongran

Sassetti Pertimali Montecucco Rosso "La Querciolina", 2017 garnacha blanca 960 feet above sea levelGrey slate, lifted blueberry, cassis, hints of cedar. Rounded berries, bramble, plum on a mineral, volcanic driven palate. Four generations of the Sassetti family have farmed some of Montalcinos finest vineyards for over a century; the estates are currently managed by the Lorenzo Sassetti family, Livios son. In the 1960's Livio was one of the founders of the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino; in 1999 the family acquired the La Querciolina property