Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 042326OFFER and Cailleret may be the

and Cailleret may be the crown jewel

Carruades is the second wine of Lafite

working biodynamically with old vines on dramatic limestone and schist terroirs

was born - J for Jefferson

the classic Catalan trio

Livio Sassetti Brunello di Montalcino Pertimali 2021 042326OFFER and Cailleret may be theThe 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