2020 | Bartoli Giusti Brunello di Montalcino | Tuscany | Italy Chateau La Bridane There is enough reduction to

There is enough reduction to push the fruit to the background

The old vines are very much in evidence on the wonderfully textured broad-shouldered flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract while terminating in a dense

and mint cross paths with scrub brush

driving finish

along with mint and nectarine

2020 | Bartoli Giusti Brunello di Montalcino | Tuscany | Italy Chateau La Bridane There is enough reduction toAn old school Brunello raised in giant botti a throwback to Montalcino's classic, elegant style, 94 points. Bartoli Giusti makes Brunello the traditional way: 100% Sangiovese raised in large 80 hectoliter botti rather than small barriques, for a wine that critic John Gilman calls one of Montalcino's delicious stylistic throwbacks. Classical, elegant and soil driven, it tastes like Brunello from an earlier, purer era. Traditionally made Brunello at