Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona -- 2015 'Rossofonte', Rosso di Montalcino (Sangiovese) -- Montalcino, Italy The wine was aged in

The wine was aged in 15% new French oak

Ribeira Sacra uses indigenous grapes that have only recently been gaining international attention

Centime is french for cent and refers to the coppery accents in the wine

Beaujolais is part of Burgundy

producing quality Pinot Noir has been historically difficult

Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona -- 2015 'Rossofonte', Rosso di Montalcino (Sangiovese) -- Montalcino, Italy The wine was aged inBequeathed in 1985 by an heirless countess to her estate agronomist, Giuseppe Bianchini, brother and sister Paolo and Lucia are now the second generation of the family to take the reigns at Ciacci Piccolomini dAragona. Organic certification of their long held pratices comes this year to these highly prized south facing vineyards. Traditional winemaking with fermentation in stainless steel and concrete vessels and aging in large Slavonian oak casks