A mix of cherry, leather and tobacco notes highlights this firm, dense red. Tips to the dry side of the balance, with moderate length. Best from 2018 through 2025. 4,000 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Brunello di Montalcino Select to Add

The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Villa al Cortile offers good value in an otherwise very expensive category of wine. The wine is aged in oak casks for two years and opens to pretty tones of dried cherry, balsam herb, candied ginger and toasted almond. Piccini's effort does a great job of reflecting the characteristic aromas most associated with quality Sangiovese. Earthy and floral tones give the wine a homely, approachable style that opens the drinking window to near-term consumption.

Perfumed, delivering rose, wild thyme and sage highlights to the core of cherry, licorice, leather and tobacco flavors. Complex, with a long, underbrush-accented finish. Best from 2016 through 2028. 10,000 cases made, 500 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Brunello di Montalcino Select to Add

Round and generous, with a hint of menthol gracing its cherry, plum and leather aromas and flavors. Turns sleeker and more nimble on the finish, where the fine tannins mingle with licorice and spice. Best from 2013 through 2024. 500 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Brunello di Montalcino Select to Add

Enticing aromas of dark fruits, smoky oak and cola lead to a full body, with fine tannins and citrusy acidity on the finish. A little tart at the end. Best after 2011. 10,000 cases made, 4,165 cases imported.??–JS??Region: Italy / Brunello di Montalcino Select to Add