Description
Le Ragnaie farms the northern, higher-altitude slopes of Montalcino where Sangiovese naturally produces wines of greater freshness and aromatic precision. Passo del Lume Spento is a single-vineyard Riserva: dried cherry, rose hip, tobacco, earth and a mineral-driven, long-finishing palate that is the north of Montalcino at its most distinctive.
92 points, Vinous – “The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Passo del Lume Spento lifts up with a delicate bouquet of sweet herbs and tobacco, incredibly lifted yet spicy, and a bit exotic, as a flourish of mineral-laden crushed stone fills the glass. It’s silky-smooth and savory, presenting a pure display of wild berries enlivened by bright acidity and a salty flourish. This tapers off lean and mineral in nature, with grippy tannins offset by a burst of sour citrus. The Passo del Lume Spento hails from what Riccardo Campinoti believes is currently the highest-elevation vineyard-producing Brunello in the region, at 621 meters. It found a very pretty balance in the 2017 vintage.”
