2016 La Torre Brunello di Montalcino

Each year I enjoy a special fascination with the wines made by La Torre di Luigi Ananìa. That’s because they alway promise purity and tradition. From a terrific vintage, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is a finely textured and smooth expression with plenty of wild berry, blue flower, cola and crushed stone. What I get most, however, is dried tobacco leaf like what you would smell at a tobacco-curing facility. These are classic Sangiovese aromas, and they are displayed with clean and confident intensity. The tannins are soft, and for that reason you can approach this wine in the medium term, or wait to age it longer.