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Donatella Cinelli Colombini Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2016

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Vintage: 2016
Country: Italy
Region: Toscana (Tuscany) - Italy
Appellation & Variety: 100% Sangiovese
Bottle Size: 750ml
Type:
Pairing: important meat dishes and aged cheeses. Requires foods with an intense flavour and low fat.

CURRENT YEAR AWARDS

James Suckling 92
Wine Enthusiast 90
Robert Parker 95
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Description

COLOUR: bright ruby red. The structure that guarantees the longevity of the wine is evident from how slowly it rotates in the glass.

BOUQUET: Complex, fine. Hints of small ripe red fruits, cedar, nuts are accompanied by notes of coffee, chocolate, tobacco.
TASTE: Extremely harmonious, concentrated and long. An elegance that satisfies with silky tannins and persists at length.

Brunello Riserva is one of the finest red wines in the world because of its extraordinary quality and because it is apt for a very long ageing. It can last ages. Brunello does not become Riserva; it is born to be Riserva right from the beginning, right from the moment the grapes are chosen to make it. It is the Montalcino terroir that is an authentic masterpiece.

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva by Donatella Cinelli Colombini is produced from Sangiovese grapes from Casato Prime Donne, a property of about 40 hectares with 17 of vineyard, situates on the northern slope of Montalcino. This is the cooler area of the Brunello territory where the ripening are slower and more regular thanks also to the soils that are not very fertile and that give wines characterized by high sensorial intensity and floral and fruit notes. Brunello is produced only in great vintages when the climate creates small and lose clusters with small berries that are perfectly ripe.

Donatella Cinelli Colombini dreams of going back to the original style of Brunello, that that she discovered as a child in the wines made by her Grandfather Giovanni, one of the pioneers in the Montalcino denomination. Elegant wines, that are vertical, fresh and with a strong territorial imprint as well as the ability to be cellared for a long time. The project “original style” began in 2011 through a return to manual labour and old traditions, like the use of concrete tanks for fermentation.

At Donatella Cinelli Colombini all the vintners are women, as is the head winemaker, which is a unique situation in Italy and a beacon of progress for women in the wine business in general. Donatella herself was approached by the EU to research the use of native yeast strains in Montalcino. As a result of her work, these local yeasts are now used in the winemaking process at Donatella Cinelli Colombini and are available to use throughout Montalcino.

In the vineyard, Donatella Cinelli Colombini has been cultivating her grapes with organic methods since 2014 and will soon be receiving organic certification. In addition, she has made some recent upgrades at the winery including the use of cement tanks for fermentation. Instead of barriques in the cellar, Donatella Cinelli Colombini chooses to age her Brunelli for at least two years in 500-litre tonneaux and then decants the wine into 15hl casks for further aging. Finally the wine will rest in bottle, which is essential for developing aromatic fullness. The distinctive element of Donatella’s wines is their elegance.

Donatella’s wines have been widely praised by the press, especially in recent vintages. In 2016, she was one of four Brunello producers chosen to present at Wine Spectator’s New York Wine Experience and in the same year Merano Wine Festival gave gold medals to the 2012 vintage of both Donatella’s Brunello and Brunello Progetto Prime Donne.

 

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