2019 Rosso di Montalcino Ignaccio

Alessandro Mori creates his Rosso di Montalcino with easy drinkability and freshness in mind, and yet I can't help but find this wine to be incredibly deep and thought-provoking all the same. Also, while visiting the winery in July of 2021, I tasted a single barrel sample that was a blending of three barrels, all from the 2019 vintage and the Madonna delle Grazie vineyard. Alessandro Mori told me that when his son, Iacopo, officially joined the winery the previous year, he gave him full control over creating his own special blend from these barrels. The wine, labeled Rosso di Montalcino Selezione Iacopo, is just being released this year, having spent two years in cask. While it will be priced along the lines of the Brunello, it represents an amazing relative value for lovers of this estate.