Grapes 100% Sangiovese "Brunello"
Alcohol14.0%
Net dry extract33.60
Total acidity5.81
Volatile acidity0.60
HarvestFirst week of October 2010
Fermentation 2 weeks in contact with the skins in stainless steel
Aging 48 months of which 18 months in tonneaux, 18 months in Slavonian oak barrels and 12 months in the bottle.

BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RESERVE
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Producing Riserva, as Franco Biondi Santi taught us, is part of the tradition of Brunello di Montalcino more than CRU or single vineyards.

Given that Brunello is a very important wine, when I decide to produce Riserva I must always be sure of having something truly "fabulous" or outstanding: the best Brunello in an exceptional vintage as on average there are 3 every decade

The Riserva must also be seen as, in the panorama of a very long-lived Brunello, the wine that can truly age for decades, in fact at the beginning this wine is always much more tannic and with a more important acidity which needs a certain number of years of refinement in the bottle.