La Palazzetta ‘Trio From Montalcino
Here’s a taste of the real Italy, three wines you might find by the glass or bottle at the quaintest ristorante in Tuscany. La Palazzetta’s Flavio Fanti wastes no resources on fancy websites, marketing, or Bordeaux barrels. Instead, he makes honest wine from the southern end of the Montalcino DOC in the tiny village of Castelnuovo dell’ Abate. Fanti farms his family’s 45 acres organically, and his winemaking style, which seeks finesse over extraction, matches the area’s delicateness. Balanced, perfumed, and representative of place, La Palazzetta impresses us each year. And all of these wines are ready to enjoy today, at prices you’d also expect to find in Italy. –Daniel