Brunello di Montalcino Val di Suga 2021 (750ML)

A wet winter, an icy spring, then frost and hail cut yields across Montalcino in 2021, before a cool May gave way to June heat that cleared disease from the vines and harvest came in under favorable conditions. Val di Suga, a Montalcino house with roots in the 1960s, builds this bottling from its holdings on three sides of the appellation, northeast, southeast and southwest, on clay, marl and sand. It is 100% Sangiovese from 15-year-old vines, optically sorted, fermented in stainless steel and aged 24 months in 50-hectoliter Slavonian oak. Bright ruby, it offers sour cherry, sage and rose petal, then dried strawberry and a hint of orange peel. The palate is medium-weight and lively, with springy acidity and fine-grained tannins that firm up on a long close. Critics see it opening between 2026 and 2029. Pour it with bistecca alla fiorentina, porcini risotto or aged pecorino.