Wine Col d’Orcia, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, 2018

Description

Brunello di Montalcino is made from Sangiovese grapes (or as it is called in Tuscany – Brunello), grown in the sunny hilly terrain Sant’Angelo at an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level. The grapes are harvested by hand from the best vines vineyard and carefully sorted by a table in the basement of the winery Count d’Orcia. Fermentation on the skins at a temperature not above 30 C lasts 18-20 days and produced in low and wide steel tank capacity of 150 hectoliters, specifically designed for optimal and accurate extraction of berries color and tannins. Extract of wine on first 3 years in oak barrels Allier and Slavonian oak (volume barrels – 25, 50 and 75 hectoliters) and then another year – bottled under strictly controlled temperature conditions.

Tenuta Col d’Orcia – known winery in Montalcino, vineyards history which began in the first half of the XVII century, when the family of noble knights Siena Ciaia settles in Sant’Angelo and acquires the property of Colle. Shirilis their land from year to year. Today it is 540 hectares of rolling countryside on the southern slopes of Montalcino. In 1973 Count Alberto Marone Cinzano gets Col d’Orcia in order to contribute to its development and approval of the global market. High density planting vines and the choice of rootstock adapted to the characteristics of each parcel of land, and the scrupulous care, based on the characteristics of each vineyard, provides high quality grapes, full of color and tannins. Aging of the wine takes place in French oak barrels.

Col d’Orcia not only produces fine wines, but also constantly involved in research whose primary purpose is to optimize the quality of the grapes. Together with the University of Florence and Professor Attilio Sienese from the University of Milan they learn planting, clonal selection and communication vines with the perfect terroir. The result was the discovery and development of such famous wines as Brunello di Montalcino, Moscadello di Montalcino, Sant’Antimo and the Chianti.