Tuscany’s Castiglion del Bosco has been preserved nearly as-is for the final 400 years, at the least in dimension. The 5000 acre property now boasts a Michelin Star restaurant, personal golf membership, and naturally a crack wine operation, the place this Brunello di Montalcino is produced.
I can’t touch upon {the golfing}, however we did style the wine:
Do you want cherries? I positive hope so, as a result of this Brunello is loaded with them — tart, preserved, and loaded up with notes of rosemary and thyme, making for a wine that may (and did) pair superbly with a bowl of beef and Guinness stew. Balsamic notes give the extreme tannins within the wine a little bit of a break, however finally these solely add additional to an expertise that’s extremely wealthy and dense, overloaded with that herbal-heavy cherry character earlier than an austere, tarry end arrives. I feel one other 5 years in cellar can be completely acceptable for this wine, but when consuming now, a hearty meal pairing of crimson meat or saucy pasta is a should.
A- / $60 / castigliondelbosco.com
2019 Castiglion del Bosco Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
$60
