2010 Pian dell'Orino 'Vigneti del Versante' Italian The palate is still bright

The palate is still bright yet rich with exquisite fine tannin wrapped around a core of black fruit and savoury notes of thyme and anise along with hints of stone and deep espresso

Subsequently

chewy cherry

The wine is medium-bodied

The 2018 spent 22 months in French oak

2010 Pian dell'Orino 'Vigneti del Versante' Italian The palate is still bright"The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante takes us back to a classic profile for Brunello (the local name for Sangiovese). The wine is forthcoming and confident with power and heft at the back. The bouquet shows enormous complexity that starts off with bright red fruit and opens slowly to reveal more detailing with etched mineral, crushed oyster shell, balsam herb, cola, licorice and red rose petal. There's a tight firmness of the tannins