Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Entre Chien et Loup, Alsace, France St Tamas Traditionally Rosso di Montalcino is

Traditionally Rosso di Montalcino is seen as the little brother of Brunello di Montalcino

Delicious sweetness offset by fresh acidity and texture

Famous for its dramatic terroir of rocky and windy sites based on red soil or terrarossa

but a thread of Chenin acid runs through it

Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Entre Chien et Loup, Alsace, France St Tamas Traditionally Rosso di Montalcino isThe Rietsch estate in Alsace has been in the family for seven generations; the land was previously used for tobacco and crops. It was Jean Pierres parents who started cultivating vines in 1970s and handed them on to JP in 1987. The domaine is still very much driven by a family led culture and JP is moving back to a degree of mixed farming, in part to improve the biodiversity of the farm. Vines are raised naturally, with terroir at the heart of the