Rosso di Montalcino

Denominazione di OrigineRosso_di_Montalcino Controllata

Castello Banfi

Story of the Wine:

Montalcino is a small, hilltop town south of Siena in Tuscany and produces some of Italy's finest wines. It is most famous for Brunello di Montalcino, made from the Brunello grape (a top quality clone of the Sangiovese grape which was identified in the 19th century). The DOC of Rosso di Montalcino was created in 1984 and with its less stringent requirements, such a minimum ageing of only 1 year, is essentially a baby brother to the Brunello di Montalcino.

Grape(s): 100% Sangiovese Grosso
Area: All the grapes are from two particular sites on the Banfi estate in Montalcino, Tuscany.
Density: 4,100 per ha.
Training: Cordon Spur
Yield: 50hl/ha
Harvest: Late September
Vinification: Fermented for 7 - 10 days in stainless steel vats at 25-300C. Followed by the malolactic fermentation.
 Ageing: After fermentation 50% of the wine is aged in French barriques from Allier and Nevers, and the other 50% is aged in large Slavonian oak casks of 60 and 120 hl size, for 1 year and then bottled. It is then aged at least a further 6 months before release.

 

Descriptions for Wine List

1) A dry, round, velvety taste with a generous body on the palate.

2) Brunello di Montalcino’s baby brother from one of Italy’s best winery’s;
    younger in age and slightly easier in style, it oozes Tuscan warmth and
    depth. A dry, round, velvety taste with a generous body on the palate.

3) The Castello Banfi winery in southern Tuscany is regarded as one of
    Italy’s best. From its range of top-flight traditional wines it makes
    this baby brother to the fabled Brunello di Montalcino. It retains the
    family likeness by using only Brunello grapes and some oak cask ageing.
    A dry, round, velvety taste with a generous body on the palate.