Tenuta Fanti Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy 2018 Sonoma County with richness yet brightness and

with richness yet brightness and layered

cassis and red currant

the 2005 Chateau Pontet-Canet has long been one of the stars of the vintage and this might well be the best of over a dozen showings of this wine

with plenty of ripe tree fruit

cherries and plums with hints of rose petals and orange rind in an inviting bouquet

Tenuta Fanti Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy 2018 Sonoma County with richness yet brightness andThe 2018 Brunello di Montalcino immediately reminds you of the austerity and brawn inherent to this important category of wine. Brunello is released five years after the harvest precisely to allow complexity to develop in the bottle. That careful evolution has transpired nicely here. The wine shows dark plum and dried blackberry in a leading role, with spice, tar, tobacco and campfire ash at the back. The tannins are present but on the soft side, and