These wines can be chilled before serving to make them even more refreshing.
You might not want to chill a venerable bottle of Brunello di Montalcino from an esteemed producer, but we think it’s perfectly fine to lightly chill a Rosso di Montalcino, the region’s easily drinkable second wine. Cerbaiona has not sent wines to journalists since 2017 because they don’t want their wines to be rated using a 100-point scale. We tasted a bottle at a friend’s house recently and think they have made an excellent 2022 Rosso di Montalcino wine, so we included it in this roundup. It has enticing aromas of bright cherry, pomegranate, and red currant with balanced acidity and rounded tannins supporting savory yet juicy flavors of ripe red and black fruits.