A wine produced from vineyards at 200, 300 and 450 m asl and of varying expositions, where the soil is poor and rocky, mainly composed of marl. The production area is close to Castelnuovo dell’Abate, in the river Orcia valley. The pruning system is cordon spur. Harvest is manual, in cases containing 15-20 kg, in the middle-end of September. Yield per hectare is 30-35 q. We make the same selection on grapes adopted for Brunello.. Vinification is in oak vats, spontaneous fermentations by indigenous yeasts and long macerations, with several pumping-over during the day. The wine ages 24 months in 30 hl oak casks and 6 months in bottle. There is no filtering before bottling.

Tasting Notes

Hot vintage from the budding to the harvest, with almost absent water supply. Nevertheless, the plant was able to gradually find an adaptation to the environmental conditions. The wine shows right thickness and structure. The strict selection in field and upstream of stemming has purified the more caloric components with the result that even the bouquet is surprisingly lively and as always a phantasmagoria of different notes of red fruit. It is called a “young Brunello”.

Foods Parings

Goes well with roast and braised red meats, game and aged cheese.

Technical Notes