Brunello di Montalcino
Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
An intense ruby-red colour, a deep, ethereal nose, with notes of sour cherry, rain-soaked earth, carob and a palate with beautiful length and tight-knit tannins.
100% sangiovese
Montalcino, Vigna Spuntali, southwestern slope
Galestro and sand from the erosion of Pietra Forte (a typical sandstone from this area)
Double spurred cordon
7000 vines per hectare
55 quintals per hectare
30 years
Fermentation in concrete vats for about 20 days at a temperature of around 25-30°C.
In 300-litre French oak casks for 6 months. Followed by 18 months in 25-hectoliter Slavonian oak barrels.
At least 24 months
It goes well with traditional meat recipes and typical spicy Tuscan dishes such as Peposo (beef in wine), boar stew or lepre in dolce e forte (hare in wine).
0,75 L - 1,5 L
