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Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

  • Region: Toscana
  • Province: Siena
  • Communes of Production: Montalcino
  • Unofficial Subzones (Montalcino fraziones): Castelnuovo dell'Abate, Sant'Angelo in Colle, Torrenieri
  • Denominazione (Rosso): 
    • Brunello di Montalcino
    • Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
  • Varieties: 
    • 100% Sangiovese (locally known as Brunello)
  • Minimum Alcohol: 12.5%
  • Aging Requirements: 
    • Brunello: Minimum 2 years in wood plus 4 months in bottle, may not be sold before January 1 of the 5th year following the harvest
    • Brunello Riserva: Minimum 2 years in wood plus 6 months in bottle, may not be sold before January 1 of the 6th year following the harvest
  • Minimum Planting Density: 3,000 vines/ha
  • Maximum Yields: 
    • 8 tons/ha, 54.4 hl/ha
  • Principal Soils: clay and marine sedimentation in the lower altitudes, galestro in the higher altitudes
  • DOCG Established: 1980

  • Rosso di Montalcino 100% Sangiovese (Brunello clone)

  • Rosso di Montalcino may not be released until December 1 of the year following the harvest. The DOC shares the same boundaries as Brunello di Montalcino DOCG.

by Fernando Beteta, MS!

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