Description

Casanova di Neri, founded by the Neri family in the early 1970s, is one of the best-known names of Montalcino, with vineyards in several parts of the appellation.

The vintage 1989. 1989 was a cool, rainy year in Tuscany; the best estates made elegant, lighter wines now in their tertiary phase.

Ripe cherry, plum, sweet spice, leather and tobacco; generous, polished and long.

Service & pairing. Serve at 17 °C in a tall Nebbiolo or Burgundy glass. Decant younger vintages for two hours or more; older ones gently, to separate the sediment. Pair with roast meats, game or aged pecorino.