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Brunello di Montalcino

Wine for special occasions, with winter dishes in front of the fireplace.
Grapes: Sangiovese 100%
Denomination: D.O.C.G. (Designation of origin and guaranteed)
Taste: Pleasantly tannic and structured, soft and powerful with a strong and decisive character.

Scheda

Scheda Tecnica

Soil composition: Stony, marl and limestone, rich in skeleton in the two South East and South West areas

Training system: Balanced unilateral spurred cordon

Density of vines per hectare: 4,600

Yield per hectare: 60/70 quintals of grapes

Production area: Montalcino

Harvest: September – October

Vinification: Spontaneous fermentation, without adding yeasts. In 50 hl vats, intense initial pumping over with maximum temperature control at 30 ° C, long maceration on the skins

Aging: about 24/30 months in 7/30 hl Slavonian oak barrels

Alcoholic degree: 14% Vol.

Color: Ruby, with garnet reflections, limpid

Bouquet: Austere and enveloping with a hint of the woods in which it matured, well blended with the ethereal aroma