Brunello di Montalcino Rennina, Gaja - Pieve Santa Restituta 2021

The Pieve Santa Restituta 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Rennina delivers power and a full-bodied style shaped by a warm vintage and carefully calibrated oak aging under the Gaja family’s expert hand. It shows notable volume and texture, with an open-knit feel that reveals black fruit and spice on the close. Tightly wound at present, it requires more time to age and fully integrate its elements. This is a production of 14,400 bottles. This vintage aside, Rennina is usually seen as the more finessed sibling to the more powerful Sugarille. Rennina represents a blend of fruit from three sites: Pian dei Cerri, with red sandy soils for tannic structure; Castagno Vecchio, with deep, lose soils for refined perfumes; and Santo Pietro, with clay and fossil-rich soils that add mineral complexity

A complex and minerally wine with aromas of crushed stones, graphite, red cherries, licorice, dried flowers and aromatic herbs. Full-bodied, tense and crisp on the palate, with firm, velvety tannins and a juicy, chalky yet ripe finish with fruity and gamy flavors. Best from 2028.