Rosso di Montalcino DOC 2024 La Palazzetta

La Palazzetta's Rosso di Montalcino is what they affectionately call their "young Brunello" in Castelnuovo dell'Abate: it comes from the same vineyards registered for the winery's Brunello, on the galestro hill overlooking the Abbey of Sant'Antimo, at 365 meters above sea level. 100% Sangiovese from certified organic farming, manual harvesting, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and thirteen-to-fifteen-day maceration on the skins, followed by one year of aging in used 500-liter French oak tonneaux, deliberately chosen by the Fanti family so as not to overpower the fruit. The result is a Rosso that has the same substance as the winery's Brunello, processed with shorter times to reach the table sooner: fine tannins, crisp fruit, and direct drinkability. A Rosso that behaves like a Brunello downgraded by choice, not by necessity.