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  • ROBERT PARKER

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Brunello
di Montalcino

Press Review

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GENERAL INFORMATION

  • VARIETY Sangiovese
  • NAME OF VINEYARD Piaggione Vineyard/Teatro Vineyard
  • YIELD PER HECTARE 40 hl / 1,057 gallons
  • NUMBER OF BOTTLES PRODUCED 9,300

AGING

  • CONTAINERS Inox
  • SELECTED YIESTS Yes
  • TEMPERATURE OF FERMENTATION 33 ° C / 91 F
  • MACERATION 14 days
  • PRESSING OF MARC Hydraulic press
  • MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION Yes

AFFINAMENTO

  • CONTAINERS 5 hl / 132 gallons Allier | 10 hl / 264 gallons Slavonian barrels
  • DURATION 36 months
  • CLARIFICATION No
  • FILTERING No
  • AGING IN BOTTLE 12 months

ANALYTICAL CHARACTERISTICS

  • ALCOHOL VOLUME 14.50
  • TOTAL ACIDITY (g/l) 5.19
  • NET VOLATILE ACIDITY (g/l) 0.51
  • PH 3.49
  • TOTAL SULPHUR DIOXIDE (mg/l) 51
  • FREE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (mg/l) 16
  • NET DRY EXTRACT (g/l) 30.60
  • TOTAL POLYPHENOLS (mg/l) 4200

TASTING NOTES

  • VISUAL TEST Red ruby with garnet reflections
  • SMELLING TEST Red fruits (cherries and raspberries). Spicy. Intense and persistent
  • TASTING TEST Warm, full - bodied , soft and tannic. Ripe Red fruits . Intense, very persistent,ethereal, balsamic(mentol, anethole)