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Pian dell'Orino, Brunello di Montalcino Vignetidel Versante, 2019 (1.5L)

Red Wine from Tuscany, Italy
by Pian dell'Orino
$349.99
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Vigneti del Versante is Pian dell'Orino’s east-facing, high-altitude Brunello—a cooler site that gives this wine its trademark lift and slow-developing depth. In 2019, a near-perfect vintage, it’s a masterclass in balance: vibrant red cherry and rose petal up front, with layers of blood orange, savory herbs, and crushed Tuscan earth unfolding with air.

What sets this apart isn’t just the vineyard—it’s the philosophy. Biodynamic farming, long macerations, aging in large, neutral oak—everything here is built for transparency and elegance, not flash or extraction.

In magnum, all that detail gets stretched out even more beautifully. The texture is refined, the structure firm but polished, and the finish goes on and on. You can age it for decades—or open it now and enjoy a Brunello that’s as much about grace as it is about power.

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Antonio Galloni

97 points

"Nuances of dusty florals, rosemary, sage, clove and leather give way to dried strawberry aromas as the radiant 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante blossoms in the glass. It's silky-smooth and deep, displaying extraordinary elegance. Soothingly soft textures, ripe red and blue fruit notes and a kick of vibrant acidity provide fantastic energy. Sweet, crunchy tannins steadily build toward the violet-tinged finale, tapering off with hints of blood orange and spice. In a word, spellbinding." —Eric Guido

Robert Parker

95 points

"Slightly more closed or hesitant on first nose, the Pian dell'Orino 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigneti del Versante does show strong shoulders and medium-plus fruit concentration. This is a production of 6,302 bottles plus larger formats. This wine needs more time in bottle to properly flesh out, but you already get a clear view of its bright fruit, herbal notes and blue flower. It presents very elegant, broad-brushed aromas that are characteristic of this warm vintage." —Monica Larner

More about Pian dell'Orino

From single most exciting young estate to one of Montalcino's best. Caroline Pobitzer and Jan Hendrik Erbach planted their first vines in 1998, farming organically from the start and biodynamically since 2003. Their six hectares produce Rosso di Montalcino and Brunello (under vineyard designations) that taste spontaneously fermented, unoaked, and utterly alive. Small, serious, worth hunting for.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Sangiovese

  • Vintage

    2019

  • Size

    1.5L

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

OrientationScopeta is a .7 hectare parcel with a 12 degree slope that was planted in 2005. It has a southeast exposition and is at 270 m in elevation.SoilGreyish silty clay of marine origin (Pliocene),Macigno (lower Miocene - upper Oligocene) homogeneous and very clayey, calcareous.Macigno is a hard grey-blue sandstone.ViticultureCertified Biodynamic. Hand-harvested between September 24.VinificationAs always, immediately after picking, all harvested grapes were hand-selected on the triage table. Only healthy, ripe berries are used for vinification. Spontaneous fermentation started in 24h, reaching a maximum temperature of 30°C, and taking 2 weeks until completion. The following maceration took other 2 weeks, so the young wine was drawn off after 4 weeks.AgingThe young wine aged for 42 months in a 12,5hl oak barrel. The malolactic fermentation set in immediately following the alcoholic fermentation. As always, no artificial yeast or other enzymatic or technological additives were used during the whole winemaking process.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Beef stew, braised short ribs, wild game, aged Pecorino

Tasting Profile

Mature Tuscan Brunello with dark cherry, leather, tobacco, and spice aromas. Full-bodied with concentrated black fruit, tannins softened by age, and a long complex finish.

Tuscany is an ancient land and Montalcino winemaking tradition runs deep. Which makes Jan Erbach and Caroline Pobitzer miracle workers of a sort.

Neither of them are locals (he’s German and she’s from Alto Adige), and yet their little estate has gone from being an exciting young estate to being one of Montalcino's flat out best.

Of course, they haven’t done it alone. They became tight friends with Stella di Campalto and Francesco Leanza (founder of Podere Salicutti), both of whom also began making wine in the ‘90s. They all share a passion for Sangiovese, organic and biodynamic farming, and the terroir of Montalcino. They even started an organization, Sangiovese Per Amico, to increase understanding and appreciation of the grape and its wines.

Erbach, who trained as a winemaker in Germany, makes the wines with a very light touch. It helps that the wine has the sort of effortless complexity that comes from diverse soils (clay, calcerous, stony) and different expositions and elevations (as high as 500 masl).

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