Poggio il Castellare, Brunello di Montalcino, 2010

AOC: Brunello di Montalcino, Montalcino, Tuscany

Variety: Sangiovese Grosso

Color: Ruby and surprisingly with a little orange at the rim.  

Aroma: Intense red fruit with a little black tea leaf and spice(?), very good aroma right after opening. 

Palate: Powerful, almost full body, a lot of leather palate (black fruit dominant), didn't get much red fruit after 3 hours of decanting. Sometimes feel a little bit austere (tannin is somehow edgy).  

Poggio il Castellare, Rosso di Montalcino, 2012

AOC: Rosso di Montalcino, Montalcino, Tuscany
Variety: Sangiovese

Color: Ruby Red

Aroma: intense, fresh, red fruit with musk, a little spring flower

Palate: medium boy, light thickness, a little mineral, ripe sweet red fruit with juicy acidity, taste somehow similar to pinot noir, an easy drinking wine that is almost ready upon opening, totally fine drinking young. Maybe a good and cheap alternative to pinot noir?