I have reviewed two wines from Pian dell'Orino, from the 2019 to 2021 vintages, across Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino. All are Sangiovese. Scores range from 94 to 100, averaging 97; the highest is the 2019 Pian dell’Orino “Vigneti del Versante” Brunello di Montalcino (100 points). Pian dell'Orino also features in one journal article on this site.
Caroline Pobitzer and Jan Hendrik Erbach are the perfectionist couple behind Pian dell’Orino, next door to Biondi-Santi in Montalcino. The estate is a temple of biodynamic viticulture: they treat the vines like a garden, caring obsessively for soil health and biodiversity. The winemaking is non-interventionist but precise, with long macerations and large oak casks, and the wines are pure, ethereal and profound, widely considered among the very best made in Montalcino today.
The single-vineyard “Vigneti del Versante” takes its name from the estate’s east-facing slopes. The 2019 spent more than three years in large oak and was bottled unfiltered: red fruit, crushed stone and spice on fine, silky tannins, with energetic elegance and decades of ageing ahead.
The Rosso di Montalcino is no second wine. Made from younger Sangiovese vines on mineral-rich ground at 320 metres, the 2021 shows red cherry, blood orange and crushed herbs, a refined structure and a lasting savory finish, with the clarity to age.
This wine originates from the eastern-facing vineyards of Pian dell’Orino which is why it receives its name “Versante.” The 2019
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The wine estate Pian dell’Orino delivers some of the most authentic Sangiovese from Montalcino’s hillside region. Pian dell’Orino is located
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