Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Poggio Conte

Country: Italy
Place of Origin: Toscana, Siena
Winery: Poggio Conte

Description: Color: ruby red color that fades with aging, with light burgundy reflexes. Nose: The scent is intense, characteristic but at the same time delicate and harmonious, with light fragrances of vanilla, spices and blooming vineyard.　 Taste: full, warm and persistent taste, extremely harmonious and savoury.

Production: Harvesting:Picking of the grapes takes place manually during the first half of October. Vine-making:soft pressing of the grapes, followed by fermentation at a controlled temperature around 28-30°. The maceration times of the grape skins are fairly long, followed by a malolactic fermentation and natural stabilization phase of the wine in stainless steel vats, until the spring after harvesting. Aging:hen the wine begins its aging phase, which lasts 36 months as foreseen by the production booklet made with English oak, and it is bottled without any filtering operation, where aging continues - in a place with constant temperature and humidity, protected by artificial and solar light for 6 - 9 months.

Food Combination: Roast meats, game, Parmesan cheese or aged Pecorino cheese.　

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