This is just the second vintage of Passo del Lume Spento, currently the highest elevation production site in Brunello, at 621 meters. Coupled with the younger vines of the location (6 years old at harvest), the wine comes across as vividly fruit-forward yet with perfect balance. Fresh aromas of lavender and fennel with warm, fragrant earth and a subtle smokiness. A mid-weight, crunchy, sinewy wine, it tastes of red berries squeezed from rocky earth, accompanied by tangy acidity. Finishes remarkably fresh, still with admirable length and potency, as hints of sour cherry and inner sage slowly fade. While completely unique and built more on energy than power, the Passo del Luma Spento is one of the standouts of the vintage, and a site that will be fascinating to watch over the coming years.