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Brunello
di Montalcino

Details

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • VARIETY Sangiovese
  • NAME OF VINEYARD Piaggione Vineyard/Teatro Vineyard
  • YIELD PER HECTARE 50 hl / 1,321 gallons
  • NUMBER OF BOTTLES PRODUCED 6,666

AGING

  • CONTAINERS Inox
  • SELECTED YIESTS Yes
  • TEMPERATURE OF FERMENTATION 33 ° C / 91 F
  • MACERATION 15 days
  • PRESSING OF MARC Hydraulic press
  • MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION Yes

AFFINAMENTO

  • CONTAINERS 5 hl / 132 gallons Allier | 10 hl / 264 gallons Slavonian barrels
  • DURATION 38 months
  • CLARIFICATION No
  • FILTERING No
  • AGING IN BOTTLE 10 months

ANALYTICAL CHARACTERISTICS

  • ALCOHOL VOLUME 14.84
  • TOTAL ACIDITY (g/l) 5.47
  • NET VOLATILE ACIDITY (g/l) 0.8ß
  • PH 3.6
  • TOTAL SULPHUR DIOXIDE (mg/l) 60
  • FREE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (mg/l) 16
  • NET DRY EXTRACT (g/l) 30.01
  • TOTAL POLYPHENOLS (mg/l) 4100

TASTING NOTES

  • VISUAL TEST Intense ruby red
  • SMELLING TEST Intense and pesistent. Balsamic notes, aromatic herbs, tobacco. Animals scents
  • TASTING TEST Sweet impact, enveloping, ripe red fruits, cherries in spirits, undergrowth, cocoa. Intense and persistent finale