Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona -- 2015 'Rossofonte', Rosso di Montalcino (Sangiovese) -- Montalcino, Italy After a 4-5 day cold

After a 4-5 day cold soak prior to fermentation

and with a warming climate

Beaujolais is part of Burgundy

Founded in 2004 by Uzi and Kathryn Cohen to revive a family winemaking tradition begun in Israel

and in the case of this wine

Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona -- 2015 'Rossofonte', Rosso di Montalcino (Sangiovese) -- Montalcino, Italy After a 4-5 day coldBequeathed in 1985 by an heirless countess to her estate agronomist, Giuseppe Bianchini, brother and sister Paolo and Lucia are now the second generation of the family to take the reigns at Ciacci Piccolomini dAragona. Organic certification of their long held pratices comes this year to these highly prized south facing vineyards. Traditional winemaking with fermentation in stainless steel and concrete vessels and aging in large Slavonian oak casks