Pierre Girardin other_regions_australia The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino

The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna La Casa is a full and generous interpretation of the vintage with an inky dark appearance and articulate aromas of spice

Its best showing was at a recent complete vertical

675 cases imported

currant and freshly turned earth

This is right up there with Australias best and that is saying something given the caliber of Aussie Chardonnays today

Pierre Girardin other_regions_australia The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino(75% whole clusters; from a parcel near the bottom of Clos St. Jacques). A brooding and reticent nose grudgingly offers up its array of ripe but cool wild black berries and forest floor that is trimmed in hints of wood and menthol. There is excellent vibrancy to the detailed and stony middle weight flavors that are not particularly dense but do offer outstanding length where the supporting tannins are quite fine grained in the context of what is