Sesti, Brunello di Montalcino, 2019

OK, so why is Brunello di Montalcino so expensive? It’s made in tiny quantities, with a longer distillation process than any other grape.

Sesti wines are widely acknowledged to be, quite simply, some of the finest that Montalcino has to offer; energetic, perfumed and seductive.

They give up their rich berry, cedar and chocolate flavors the way a gobstopper does, layer by layer, a little bit at a time. They have a lean purity that you savor.

This 2019 vintage has all the above, with nutty black truffle notes which transport you to the Tuscan terroir.

Also do you see that? The score from Jancis Robinson? 18/20 is equivalent to a royal knightood from that hard gal.