2018 Mastrojanni Rosso di Montalcino DOC, Tuscany

Rosso di Montalcino can be delightful. In a way a good Rosso is more useful, and certainly much less expensive, than the much slower-maturing Brunello. The lighter wine can be released at barely a year old rather than the four long years of élevage required for a Brunello. A good Rosso di Montalcino, such as Mastrojanni’s, with its lively freshness underwritten by full ripeness, gives an inkling of the majesty of a fine Brunello but delivers it all wrapped up and ready to go.