Il Palazzone, Rosso del Palazzone Lotto , Tuscany Italy (Baby Brunello)

The lot number is in tiny writing on the bottom right of the front label. We make our Brunello di Montalcino DOCG wine from three separate vineyards combined in different proportions from year to year. Sometimes wine is left out of the final Brunello. We blend this “loose” wine and make a Vino Rosso. Since it derives from several vintages, there is no vintage on the label. The grapes used to make the Vino Rosso all qualified as Brunello di Montalcino under the strict DOCG regulations, though we chose to declassify them to produce our Vino Rosso. All the component wines have spent over a year in large wood barrels, resulting in a “baby” Brunello, with all the characteristics of Montalcino and Sangiovese, but with the fruit, freshness and approachability of a Rosso di Montalcino. The Rosso del Palazzone has been described by Jancis Robinson, MW as “an honest pleasurable message in the bottle from Tuscany".