Pian dell'Orino, Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante, 2012 NO WINE SEARCHER The site is steep

The site is steep

is legendary for Chardonnay of depth and precision

This is a wine for the patient and the curious - decant generously

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Pian dell'Orino, Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante, 2012 NO WINE SEARCHER The site is steepAt fourteen years old this is Brunello arriving at the good part: tannins resolved, fruit turned savory, the whole thing drinking rather than promising. Jan Erbach and Caroline Pobitzer are outsiders in an ancient place he's German, she's from Alto Adige and they have farmed their six hectares next to Biondi Santi's Il Greppo biodynamically since 2003, among the first in Montalcino to do so. Versante means the slope, and the wine comes from sections