Brunello di Montalcino

The Protected Designation of Origin "Brunello di Montalcino" includes only one type of wine, without variants or indications of vineyard. It is produced with only one type of red wine and can also be accompanied by the mention reserve as well as the mention vineyard.

Grapes

The "Brunello di Montalcino" wine is produced 100% from grapes of the Sangiovese vine.

Physicochemical and Organoleptic properties

The wine has a ruby red colour, tending towards garnet with ageing. The aroma is intense and characteristic, broad and ethereal and inside you can recognize hints of undergrowth, aromatic wood, small fruits, light vanilla and jam. The taste is revealed with an elegant and harmonious body, with a long aromatic persistence, and the taste is dry and warm, a bit 'tannic. The alcohol content is 12.50% vol.

Grape production area

The production area covers the entire territory of the municipality of Montalcino, in the province of Siena.

Specificity and historical notes

The area of Montalcino has been famous for its wine production since ancient times. Today's Brunello, however, has its founding father in Clemente Santi, who in 1869 saw one of his chosen wines awarded the silver medal by the Comizio del circondario. At the end of the 1800s, Brunello was by then exported throughout Italy and abroad, as Professor Martini of the School of Viticulture and Oenology in Conegliano also testifies. In the period between the two World Wars, however, Sienese wine experienced a crisis, before being reborn after 1945.