Pian dell'Orino, Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante, 2012 NO WINE SEARCHER Prager — Alzinger stands in

Prager — Alzinger stands in the front rank

The result is a more serious

mineral-driven Pinot Noir

The site is steep

earthy complexity that defines well-aged mountain Cabernet

Pian dell'Orino, Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante, 2012 NO WINE SEARCHER Prager — Alzinger stands inAt 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