Brunello di Montalcino AD 1441 2020

Description

Still red wine from Tuscany, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, 14% ABV, produced by Castello Tricerchi. 100% Sangiovese, 2020 vintage. A Brunello that embodies the history and passion of a thousand-year-old castle, a wine made from select grapes and a long maceration. Complex, elegant, intense, with notes of ripe cherry, chocolate, and tobacco, lightly spicy and floral. Clear, deep ruby color. Structured, refined, and persistent, with smooth tannins and a long, juicy finish, with a crisp acidity. A wine that pairs perfectly with red meats, game, and aged cheeses.

Details

Perfume

Complex, elegant, intense. Notes of ripe cherry, chocolate and tobacco. Slightly spicy and floral.

Color

Limpid, intense ruby.

Taste

Structured, fine, persistent. Smooth tannins, long, juicy finish, with marked acidity.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Castello Tricerchi

From this winery

• Start up year: 1995
• Oenologist: Maurizio Castelli
• Bottles produced: 72.000
• Hectares: 13

The Castle was built in the thirteenth century on the Via Francigena at Montalcino by the Altesi and completed in 1441 by the Tricerchi. Its covers 6000 m2 and is a typical example of a medieval castle with a fortified keep, decorated with motifs attributed to Baldassarre Peruzzi, a famous artist from the period.

Over the centuries, the castle has offered refuge and protection to pilgrims taking the Via Francigena to Rome. In the seventeenth century the chapel, which was originally situated within the walls was moved to the end of the avenue and devoted to the Virgin of the Veil. ,A fragment of the Virgin’s veil authenticated by a Papal Bull, is kept in the chapel. In 1982, the Tricerchi Castle was officially recognised as part of Italy’s historical and artistic heritage. Read more

Tuscany

Technical Sheet

Name	Castello Tricerchi Brunello di Montalcino AD 1441 2020
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Vintage	2020
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Sangiovese
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Vendor	Castello Tricerchi
Climate	Altitude: 290 m. a.s.l. Exposure: West - North West.
Soil composition	Medium mixture with calcareous clay and sand.
Cultivation system	Spurred cordon and Guyot.
Plants per hectare	About 4000
Yield per hectare	60 q.
Harvest	End of September beginning of October. Grapes harvested: by hand, careful selection for vinification.
Wine making	Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, long maceration in steel vats at a controlled temperature of 23 °C for 30 days.
Aging	Slavonian oak casks of 15 and 20 hl for at least 30 months. Matured in bottle for no less than 8 months
Allergens	Contains sulphites