Tassi, Giuseppe Tassi

Tassi, Giuseppe TassiThe 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino Giuseppe Tassi pours a medium ruby color and is a little closed on the nose initially, needing some coaxing before it really starts to sing. As it opens, it reveals seamless notes of cherry liqueur, mocha, licorice, and pine. Medium to full bodied on the palate, its long and elegant, with ripe tannins, pure concentration, great persistence, and outstanding depth. It has a bit of warmth on the finish, but its

deep carnality

raspberries and fresh hay

it has a brilliant

balanced and harmonious finish that offers moderately good depth and length

It would be all but impossible to mistake this for something other than Chablis as the pungent aromas of oyster shell

Probably the purest and most refined wine in the whole Ribera del Duero region

The two wines couldn't be any more different

clover-chomping counterpoint familiar from this years Frühtau

There is a touch of matchstick character to the spicy aromas of various white orchard fruit scents that are trimmed in wisps of petrol

with the tannins lending a gruff conclusion

Ceylon tea and sandalwood notions with tar

the terroir tending to produce berries that are naturally higher in acidity than elsewhere