Brunello di Montalcino Fossacolle 2021 (750ML)

Twenty-one days on the skins in steel and concrete tanks begin Fossacolle's 2021 Brunello di Montalcino, made entirely from Sangiovese grown in the estate's oldest vineyards. The fruit came in between the end of September and early October, and aging then unfolds in three stages: 24 months in used French and Slavonian wood, 12 in concrete, and eight more in bottle. Production totaled 13,000 bottles. In the glass it is an intense ruby, opening onto dark plum, roasted herbs, green olive and lavender. The palate is supple and generous, with ripe red and black fruit, fresh acidity and a tart edge of blood orange, finishing long on mocha, spice and persistent tannins. Critics place its best drinking through the mid-2030s. Pour it alongside wild boar pappardelle, rosemary lamb chops or porcini risotto.