Brunello di Montalcino Castello di Camigliano 2021 (750ML)

Frost hit Camigliano hard in 2021. On Montalcino's warm western edge, the estate lost up to 90% of the crop in its lowest parcels and about 30% elsewhere. Spring then found its balance, summer ran hot, and two bouts of rain in late August refreshed the vines ahead of a harvest spanning the last week of September and first of October. The wine is 100% Sangiovese Grosso from certified organic fruit, fermented in stainless steel with slow, gentle extraction and aged 24 months in 60-hectoliter Slavonian and French oak, 12 months in cement and at least six in bottle. Ripe strawberry, raspberry and cherry lead, touched with tangerine, iron and warm spice, and the palate is supple and generous, its soft tannins offset by lively acidity. Critics see it drinking well from the late 2020s through the 2030s. Try it with osso buco, porcini pici or Parmigiano-Reggiano.