Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 NO20231018 and violet in a medium-bodied

and violet in a medium-bodied expression of Pinot Noir finesse

almond and white tea on the palate

and aged in old oak with minimal sulfur

Gran Centenario is a Jalisco staple built on blue agave

and this Riserva shows it: deep

Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 NO20231018 and violet in a medium-bodiedThe 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