Sesti Rosso Toscana Monteleccio 2024

When it comes to legendary wine regions like Brunello di Montalcino, you can often glean the potential of a producer’s range, in terms of quality and value, by first tasting their entry-level cuvée. With Sesti, this is certainly true — the stellar Monteleccio offers a tantalizing taste of the family’s world-class Brunello. The reason for the elegance and deliciousness of this bottling is no mystery: Elisa Sesti uses Brunello-quality Sangiovese to make the Monteleccio.
     Across her lineup, she pampers the grapes similarly, using the same organic and biodynamic approaches. She also uses the same, massive 30-hectoliter oak botti to age all of the wines. What’s the difference between the family’s Brunello and Monteleccio, then? It’s primarily a question of character, as Elisa bottles the Monteleccio after one year of aging rather than the three for Brunello in order to capture the young, fresh charm of Sangiovese.