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A parcel that needs no introduction as it was the first single vineyard bottling in Montalcino, by Altesino, and has produced some of the most mineral-driven and ethereal Sangioveses in the region at the hand of Nello Baricci. Dark and brooding today, like a sleeping giant the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Casanovina Montosoli slowly lifts from the glass with a bouquet of dusty rose and spice over a core of dried black cherries. Like crushed velvet on the pallet, yet surprisingly lifted and graceful in feel, rich in concentration of dark red fruits, mineral tones, and balsam herbs. In the end, the impression is one of youthful structure and poise; there's such inner beauty here but it will be years before the 2018 comes fully into focus.