Young Jessica Pellegrini has taken over the family vineyards and is now producing some lovely, elegant wines from her small plot in the great cru of Montosoli- in northern Montalcino. With only 1.5 hectares for Rosso and just .05 hectare for Brunello- production is very limited. Vines are farmed organically and in the cantina Jessica is a minimalist: only native yeast, fermentation and malo are both based on the temperature of the season, and the wines are aged in large neutral 900 gallon casks. Jessica is a one woman show, since the passing of her brother, she does both the vineyard and the cellar work. The horse on the label depicts Jessica’s other great love- her horses.