2021 | Burn Cottage Sauvage Vineyard Pinot Noir | Bannockburn Tenuta Il Poggione with zesty wild berry

with zesty wild berry

Warm days and cool nights yielded wines with ripe flavors

some west-facing

aromas of red fruits and white flowers as well as a brioche finish

This Cuvée features Chardonnay with very fine expression in the nose and in the mouth

2021 | Burn Cottage Sauvage Vineyard Pinot Noir | Bannockburn Tenuta Il Poggione with zesty wild berryThe 2021 Sauvage Vineyard Pinot Noir is supremely pretty. It's elegant and fine and still powerful, thanks to the Bannockburn area; however, the wine itself shows rose petals and spring flowers, graphite and pencil lead, white pepper and tapenade. Svelte and sleek, this is composed and detailed and so, so good. I am (mostly) resisting hyperbole and adverbs here. This is a standout wine from a superstar produceran asset for the region and indeed the