Tenuta di Sesta is an historic estate that in 2019 was honored by Gambero Rosso, the leading Italian wine journal, for producing what Gambero Rosso called its top red wine of the year. The wine was Tenuta di Sesta’s 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Duelecci Ovest Riserva, which Gambero Rosso described as “a wine of extraordinary elegance.” The estate is owned and operated by Giovanni Ciacci and his wife and children. The property has been in the Ciacci family since 1850, and vineyards have likely been on the property since the Roman era. The estate makes the Sangiovese wines of the Brunello di Montalcino appellations and red blends. Gambero Rosso notes that the estate “is justly famous for classic interpretations from the southern district of Montalcino and the area linking Sant’Angelo in Colle to Castelnuovo dell’Abate.”