2015 - Brunello di Montalcino Paesaggio Inatteso, Camigliano

This wine sees fruit from a two-hectare site (at 300 meters above sea level) with loamy sand soils. The Camigliano 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Paesaggio Inatteso will be released in March 2020, with a mere 2,600 bottles produced. This is a very special wine with a unique set of aromas. It shows pronounced Mediterranean accents of rosemary, lavender and dried basil leaf. The wine's fruit profile is also front and center with wild berry and dried cassis. The mouthfeel is silky, lean and topped off by well integrated tannins. The finished wine ages in 20-hectoliter casks for 30 months.

The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Paesaggio Inatteso presents a remarkably pretty display of ripe strawberries, offset by notes of citrus zest, with a mix of sweet spice, wild herbs, and lifting floral notes. On the palate, silky textures give way to black cherry, underscored by vibrant acids and saline minerals, as contrasting sweet spice and pretty inner florals develop. It finishes long and spicy, resonating on minerality and slowly revealing its fine tannins toward the finale.

Tasted blind. Mid ruby. A little reductive on the nose and a little stalky and just a tiny bit grubby/reductive on the palate too. Rhubarb and cherry fruit. A little unbalanced and with quite a bit of acidity on the finish. Perhaps this just needs more time in bottle? (WS)