- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Serving temp.
- 16–18 °C
- Volume
- 750 ml
Tasting notes
Ruby tending towards garnet with ageing. Intense, broad and fine aroma of ripe red fruit, with spiced notes of tobacco and liquorice. Dry, soft and balanced on the palate, full-bodied and fine, with velvety tannins, great intensity and a very persistent finish.
Pairs with
Pairs with red meats, roasts, game and mature cheeses.
- Region
- Montalcino, Italy
- Grape
- Sangiovese
- Vintage
- Ask about available vintages
- Importer
- M&R Importadora
- Grape varieties
- Sangiovese Grosso 100%
- Vineyard
- 280 to 350 m altitude, south exposure; 5,000 plants/ha
- Winemaking
- Maceration of 21 to 25 days; alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel with temperature control
- Ageing
- 2.5 years in 20 to 30 hl Slavonian oak botti and at least 6 months in bottle (2021 vintage)
- Analysis
- Vintage 2021: total acidity 5.20 g/l · extrato seco 35.4 g/l
Grape set by the appellation rules (Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, 100% Sangiovese).
Notes and pairings adapted from the text published by the producer at tenutadisesta.it. May vary by vintage.
Meet the producer
Tenuta di Sesta, in Castelnuovo dell’Abate (Montalcino), has belonged to the Ciacci family since 1850 and bottled its first Brunello in 1966; since 1995 it has been run by Giovanni Ciacci with his children Andrea and Francesca. It covers about 200 hectares, 30 of them vineyard, with traditional ageing in Slavonian oak botti.
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