Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 SCCOS blended from old cognacs in

blended from old cognacs in Surrenne’s Madame

in many vintages

Flora Springs' Holiday Cabernet from 2003 showcases the ripe

local labor

on the same hillside

Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 SCCOS blended from old cognacs inThe hill of Montosoli, just north of Montalcino, is about as close as Tuscany gets to a grand cru, and Livio Sassetti bought a piece of it back in the late 1970s. Pertimali sits high and cool on limestone rich soil, which is why this Brunello has a freshness and precision that a lot of Montalcino, chasing power, has lost. The Sassettis are unrepentant traditionalists: three years in big Slavonian casks, no shortcuts. Lorenzo Sassetti runs the estate