Il Marroneto Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie 2019

Dried cherry, pressed violet, clove and dried blackberry open the nose, with a thread of mint and balsam rising underneath. Silky in texture yet tightly-knit at the core — the tannins are fine-grained and patient, gathering quietly through a long, saline finish. There's a depth here that keeps pulling you inward: steeped plum and herb, sweet fruit and earth folding into one another without resolution. Among the finest iterations of Madonna delle Grazie in memory. Drink 2030–2050.