Brunello di Montalcino, Vecchie Vigne, 2007

From a single plot called Ragnaie, next to the estate, planted in the 60s, which at 550 metres above sea level, are among the very highest vines in Montalcino. The wine is aged in the same way as the estates regular Brunello in large 25hl barrels. More floral and feminine than the Fornace, perfumed gripping and totally beguiling, a seductive Brunello that offers small, intense berry fruit flavours, aromatic notes of ripe alpine and wild strawberry fruit, red cherry, cherry blossom and sloe touches. As refined and elegant as this is, there is massive intensity of flavour and a huge, focused finish. Breathtaking. no more than 170 cases were made.