Denomination: Toscana IGT
Vintage: 2006
The first year of production: 1974
Grapes: 100% Sangiovese
Vinification: in truncated-cone steel vats at a controlled temperature with an emptying system (Délestage) and pumping over for about 20 days.
Maturation or aging: in 500-liter French oak barrels, partly new and partly second passage, for about 18 months.
Alcoholic strength: 14% vol.
Serving temperature: 18°C
The Bianchi family is the beating heart around which Castello di Monsanto has developed over more than half a century, leaving an indelible mark in the history of Chianti Classico and helping to forge a future path. Nowadays it is Laura Bianchi who passes on family traditions with great dedication, love for the territory, and viticulture.
The 2006 vintage is so difficult to find, given the well-established fame and reputation of this wonderful winery.
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"In every harvest, the winemaker has a vineyard, a single barrel wich a special for some reason of its own. The quantities of something improvised and different". Thus was born "Improvvisazione n ° 1". It was just an experiment, a wine now practically impossible to find. A real gem for collectors.
Riecine, we are in Gaiole in Chianti, the heart of Chianti Classico, and one of the highest wineries in the Chianti area.
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Podere Salicutti is the first organic certified winery in Montalcino. Here the vines, planted in 1994, have their roots in soils that have never been treated with conventional pesticides. Podere Salicutti wines are the maximum expression of elegance and frankness. It is a real fortune to be able to appreciate them in their evolution.
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Denomination: Pinot Grigio Sant'Antimo DOC
Vintage: 2019
Production area: Montalcino (Siena)
Average altitude 250 m a.s.l.
Grapes: 100% Pinot Grigio
Vinification: Initial cold maceration at 8/10 C° followed by a soft pressing in to separate the clear juice. Fermentation for 10/12 days at temperatures between 16° and 18° C. Early bottling at the beginning to preserve the aromas.
Alcohol by volume: 13.5%
Serving temperature: 8-10 ° C
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colour: straw yellow with greenish hues.
Bouquet: the nose reveals a pleasant and elegant fragrance with typical notes of white fruit, pear, and hints of citrus.
Flavor: full and rich on the palate, flavourful with anise acid freshness. It closes with a lingering finish.
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Denomination: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Vintage: 2015
Production area: Montalcino (Siena)
Average altitude: 300 m a.s.l.
Grapes: Sangiovese, particular clones selected by Col d’Orcia.
Vinification: fermentation on the skins for about 18-20 days, at a controlled temperature below 28° C. in 150 hl wide and shallow stainless steel tanks, designed and built in order to extract tannins and color efficiently but delicately.
Aging: 4 years, 3 of which in 25-50 and 75 hl oak casks from Slavonia and Allier followed by at least 12 months of refinement in bottles placed in storage at a controlled temperature.
Alcoholic strength: 14.5% vol
Serving temperature: 18 °
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colour: ruby red with violet hues.
Bouquet: complex and elegant. With red fruity notes like cherry and sour cherry and spicy aromas.
Taste: balanced and structured with pleasantly ripe tannins. The finish is long, fruity, and lasting.
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Denomination: Rosso di Montalcino DOCG
Vintage: 2018
Production area: Montalcino (Siena)
Average altitude 250 m a.s.l.
Grapes: Sangiovese
Vinification: fermentation on grape skins for about 10 - 12 days at a controlled temperature below 28° C in shallow, wide steel tanks (150 hl), in order to preserve a fresh and long-living fruit.
Aging: 12 months in Slavonian oak casks between 75 and 150 hl, followed by refinement in bottle.
Alcoholic strength: 14.5%
Serving temperature: 18 °
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colour: deep ruby red with violet hues.
Bouquet: ample and complex with notes of cherry and sour cherry followed by a woody and spicy fragrance.
Flavor: elegant and soft with pleasant ripe tannins. The aftertaste is fruity, long, and persistent.
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Denomination: Toscana Rosso IGT
Vintage: 2018
Production area: Montalcino (Siena)
Average altitude 250 m a.s.l.
Vines: Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo, and international grape varieties.
Vinification: maceration on the skins for 8-10 days at carefully controlled temperatures of fermentation below 26°C in order to preserve the intense and characteristic depth of the fruit. The malolactic fermentation follows immediately after the alcoholic (the 20% of the Sangiovese malolactic fermentation is carried out in barrels) and the early bottling aims at capturing all the freshness of this wine.
Alcoholic strength: 13%
Serving temperature: 15°C
Organoleptic characteristics:
Color: ruby red with violet reflections.
Bouquet: the perfume is expressed with rich hints of cherry, which are followed by spicy notes.
Palate: Full and persistent, with soft and ripe tannins, it closes with a long and pleasantly fresh finish.
In Renaissance Florence, Spezieri where the blender of spices. This wine is named after this ancient art of blending as it is composed of Sangiovese laced with another traditional Tuscan grape by the name of Ciliegiolo as well as small amounts of most of the other grape varieties grown on the Col d’Orcia estate. Spezieri is a young, fruity easy to drink wine for the everyday dinner table. Because of its composition, it is a very versatile wine in terms of food pairing and also a red wine we recommend to try chilled in summer.
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It is produced only in the best vintages from the late-harvested white grapes left to dry on the plant generally until November. Handpicked, placed in state-of-the-art ventilated boxes to dry the berries optimally. Vinification takes place in very small wooden barrels called "caratelli" of various essences and left to age for at least 25 years before making its market debut.
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