Caprili 2022 Rosso di Montalcino

$24.99 bottle / $125.94($20.99) six-pack

If you need a delicious Tuscan red to drink while you are awaiting your Brunelli and Chianti to mature, here you go. Caprili’s Rosso di Montalcino (100% Sangiovese grosso) is from younger vines that don’t quite make the cut for their great Brunello because they don’t have the same tannic structure to allow them to age for decades and is, thus, made to be enjoyed in its youth.  That doesn’t sound so bad! Caprili’s 2022 Rosso is very aromatic with classic aromas of leather, earth, oregano and warm cherries. The medium-bodied palate is savory in nature with excellent concentration. Dusty cherry fruit melds seamlessly with velvety tannins and balancing food-friendly acidity. This wine just keeps you coming back for more. Enjoy this excellent value as over the next five to seven years with all manner of pasta dressed with tomato or meat sauces, pizza, mushroom dishes, grilled sausages or burgers.  

“The 2022 Rosso di Montalcino is understated, dark and coy, with black fruits and savory herbal tones wafting up from the glass. It shows a pretty core of ripe wild berry fruits and tactile mineral tones that swirl beneath an air of violet inner florals. The mixes blood orange with grippy tannins through the finish, coming across as structured yet mouth-watering.  Drink through 2031.”  91+ Vinous