2022 Rosso di Montalcino Ginestreto
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I visited Fuligni years ago during early spring, and I remember the bright pink blossoms on the cherry trees just outside still-dormant vineyards. That mental picture comes to mind when I consider the 2022 Rosso di Montalcino Ginestreto. The wine has floral highlights, citrusy fruit and a botanical side with bramble and lavender sachet. Those aromas are rounded off by earthy sensations and a mineral pinch of pink Himalayan salt.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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The 2022 Rosso di Montalcino Ginestreto is gorgeous and classic to the house style, with a cascade of dried black cherries, rose petals, cloves and spice, all complicated by hints of flowery undergrowth. It's silken and serene with ripe wild berry fruits and juicy acidity balanced by tactile mineral tones throughout. This finishes staining, long and spicy, yet leaves the mouth watering for more as traces of licorice and clove taper off. Wow.
From one vineyard. Fermented in tank and aged mainly in big (20-hl) oak for 60 months. Light bricky red. Sweet fruit and sweet oak but also fragrant with wild blossom and a hint of mocha. Complex aroma. Deep, chewy, firmly grained tannins. Masses of integrity and depth of flavour. Bottled a few months ago and still needs more bottle age but has great potential. (JH)