2019 Podere Le Ripi 'Lupi e Sirene' Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy Super Cattivo with pressed late-ferment carbonic Carignan)

with pressed late-ferment carbonic Carignan)

before ~18 months’ élevage in barrels with a restrained touch of new oak

and deepened notes of sweet caramel with a bright

80% Trebbiano Toscano (Procanico)

La Poulosa is a low-lying

2019 Podere Le Ripi 'Lupi e Sirene' Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy Super Cattivo with pressed late-ferment carbonic Carignan)This single vineyard Riserva comes from the eastern slope at Castelnuovo dellAbate, on brown marl, slightly alkaline soils with a granitic skeleton that lend the wine its ferrous, mineral edge. Grapes are hand harvested in early September and fermented with native yeasts 2025 days in open oak casks, with daily pump overs for roughly 80% of the ferment before finishing Piedmont style (infusion). levage is 36 months in large oak, followed by at least 14