Pian dell'Orino, Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante, 2012 NO WINE SEARCHER Intense ruby red in color

Intense ruby red in color

mineral-driven Pinot Noir

Prager — Alzinger stands in the front rank

mushroom pasta

energetic Roussillon red with real elegance

Pian dell'Orino, Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante, 2012 NO WINE SEARCHER Intense ruby red in colorAt fourteen years old this is Brunello arriving at the good part: tannins resolved, fruit turned savory, the whole thing drinking rather than promising. Jan Erbach and Caroline Pobitzer are outsiders in an ancient place he's German, she's from Alto Adige and they have farmed their six hectares next to Biondi Santi's Il Greppo biodynamically since 2003, among the first in Montalcino to do so. Versante means the slope, and the wine comes from sections