Castello Tricerchi Rosso di Montalcino

Hitting its stride.

Sunfish Cellars Fall Grand Wine Tasting (Lilydale, MN) : Best wine in their lineup with dried flowers, cherry, dust, earth and raspberries. Medium finish and smooth.

Italian Wine Scholar Class @ The Texas Wine School. Med garnet. 100% Sangiovese. Med intensity red cherry, raspberry, cranberry, tart black cherry, black plum, leather, vanilla and just a hint of spice from 6 mos. in large Slavonian oak casks. Developing. Dry, w/ nice fruit, med+ acidity, med to med+ tannins & high alcohol (14%). Med+ bodied, w/ med+ flavor intensity & med length. Drink 2024 through 2028. Basically a "Brunello Lite."

A nice tasty everyday wine. Bright medium garnet color. No appreciable oak influence, which frankly is becoming hard to find in Tuscany these days and I quite enjoyed the purity of fruit as a result. Cherry, tangy plum and some spice with bright acidity made this food friendly.

Ordered during an impromptu Monday evening dinner date with my wife at a fave Italian resto. It was tight as a drum at first, but not overly tannic and it opened up nicely once the food started to roll out. It's medium bodied and turned out to be a flexible with food. We shared scallops, fungi salad, and Carbonara. There's very little oak signature as it's aged in large casks. We'll definitely order this again - enjoyable, food flexible, and …