Baricci, Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli, 2021 bdxcount0925 The resulting wine is taut

The resulting wine is taut and vibrant

well-drained soils with shallow clay over limestone

Via Alpina sources this Ribolla Gialla from hillside vineyards in Friuli

Giuseppe Russo was studying to be a pianist when his father Girolamo — a charcoal seller who sold grapes from the family home in Passopisciaro — died unexpectedly in 2005

and Max Kilburg is one of the few writing it well

Baricci, Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli, 2021 bdxcount0925 The resulting wine is tautMontosoli is one of the most celebrated crus in all of Brunello, a hill in the cooler northern reaches of Montalcino, and Baricci is its standard bearer, founder Nello Baricci having bought the land in 1955. The vineyard sits on ancient Pliocene marine soils of marl, quartz and fossils, and the northern position gives this Brunello its hallmark refinement and perfume rather than brute power. The 2021 vintage is exceptional. Hand harvested, fermented