Pierre Girardin other_regions_australia The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino

The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna La Casa is a full and generous interpretation of the vintage with an inky dark appearance and articulate aromas of spice

currant and freshly turned earth

100% new oak

south-facing

it is both serious and seductive with the sort of benchmark elegance the château would like to repeat

Pierre Girardin other_regions_australia The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino(75% whole clusters; from a parcel near the bottom of Clos St. Jacques). A brooding and reticent nose grudgingly offers up its array of ripe but cool wild black berries and forest floor that is trimmed in hints of wood and menthol. There is excellent vibrancy to the detailed and stony middle weight flavors that are not particularly dense but do offer outstanding length where the supporting tannins are quite fine grained in the context of what is