Damiano Ciolli Cesanese DOC ‘Cirsium’ 2016 sarget-de-gruaud-larose warm milk and crushed chalk

warm milk and crushed chalk on the nose

and the technical director of the estate is Melanie Barton Sartorious – the first oenologist in the Barton dynasty

almond cream

revealing layers of complexity and a lingering finish that tantalizes the senses

Damiano Ciolli Cesanese DOC ‘Cirsium’ 2016 sarget-de-gruaud-larose warm milk and crushed chalkCasanese Cirsium Ciolli is a wine with a deep and concentrated ruby red color, the nose is broad and varied, with notes of violet and hints of ripe fruit in jam, black cherry, black currant, aromatic herbs and a very light spice of tobacco and licorice. in the mouth it is very powerful, yet elegant with an impressive tannic structure of extraordinary softness.