and sweet red berry fruit add to the wine's stunning allure

Still rather closed in the mouth following the recent bottling

cherry and soft earth nuances

The 2008 Rieussec is a blend of 86% Semillon

white flowers

Conti Costanti, Brunello Montalcino Vintage:2004 and sweet red berry fruitIn addition to being a highly regarded vintage with perfectly balanced weather conditions, 2004 is a significant for Andrea and Angela as their son Giovanni was born. Like the 2006, it was aged in a combination of medium size French oak barrels and Slavonian oak casks. Compared to other examples I have enjoyed, this bottle was slightly stripped of fruit. Nevertheless, the finesse of structure showed through along with hints of wild violets, cinnamon,