Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 NO20231018 following her intuitions to pick

following her intuitions to pick early barrel age wines on their lees

and aged in old oak with minimal sulfur

and this Riserva shows it: deep

It's 50% direct press chardonnay blended with 50% skin contact chardonnay

Located about one mile from the Sonoma town plaza

Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 NO20231018 following her intuitions to pickThe hill of Montosoli, just north of Montalcino, is about as close as Tuscany gets to a grand cru, and Livio Sassetti bought a piece of it back in the late 1970s. Pertimali sits high and cool on limestone rich soil, which is why this Brunello has a freshness and precision that a lot of Montalcino, chasing power, has lost. The Sassettis are unrepentant traditionalists: three years in big Slavonian casks, no shortcuts. Lorenzo Sassetti runs the estate