Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Nastagio di Col d’Orcia • Decanto – Wine magazine

Whether you are a great expert ora just a small enthusiast, you certainly know Brunello con Montalcino but not only that, you will know without a shadow of a doubt that this fantastic wine is produced quanto a Tuscany. This is because history, tradition and quality have made Brunello con Montalcino one of the most important and recognized wines quanto a the world. Per mezzo di this article we therefore present a historic winery of this denomination: Col d’Orcia and its Brunello con Montalcino Vigneto Nastagio.

Col d’Orcia, a historic winery quanto a Montalcino

The Col d’Orcia winery is located quanto a the southern part of the municipality of Montalcino, not far from the Orcia river from which it takes its name, the edge of the Brunello con Montalcino denomination. We are talking about one of the historic cellars of Montalcino, where the history of viticulture began at the end of the 19th century when the company was owned by the Franceschi family. The two brothers, Leopoldo and Stefano Franceschi, inherited the property quanto a 1958 and divided it into 2 parts, thus creating two of the historic wineries quanto a the complesso: Poggione and Col d’Orcia.

Per mezzo di 1973 the Cinzano family, who were already working quanto a the liquor trade, acquired the Col d’Orcia winery and used its channels to market the winery’s wines. Given that at the time there was little land occupied by vines quanto a favor of other cultures, the Cinzanos decided to expand the hectares of vineyards, extending them over time until they reached the current 108 hectares dedicated to wine production. However, the other crops were maintained, which brings the company to 140 cultivated hectares.

Despite these important numbers, the Col d’Orcia company has always placed an important value supporting the environment. This is demonstrated by the conversion to organic farming quanto a 2010 not only of the vineyards, but also of all the other crops, from olive groves to arable land but also meadows and gardens, currently becoming the largest organic winery quanto a Tuscany.

Climate and Soils

Although there is only one denomination, the Montalcino complesso can be divided into four parts according to the cardinal points. Col d’Orcia is located quanto a the southern part, the closest to Mount Amiata which acts as a natural protection against extreme weather events, less rainfall and more days of sunshine. This aspect, together with the marine influence of the Tyrrhenian Sea quanto a the western part, causes a Mediterranean climate which is privileged for the cultivation of vines. The soil is made up of generally loose soil, poor quanto a clay but rich quanto a limestone and skeleton.

Brunello con Montalcino Vigneto Nastagio

The name Nastagio derives from an ancient farm of the Podere con Sant’Spirito celeste which was already present the Leopoldine maps. The vineyard is located at an average altitude of 200 meters above sea level and is approximately 8 hectares quanto a size. The Sangiovese vines, which were planted quanto a 2006, have their roots quanto a a clayey soil, with a good skeleton and among the richest quanto a active limestone the mesi estivi.

The grape harvest takes place manually with a meticulous selection of the best bunches first quanto a the vineyard and then also quanto a the cellar. Subsequently, alcoholic fermentation takes place quanto a steel tanks at a controlled temperature below 28°C with maceration the skins lasting approximately 18-20 days to delicately extract anthocyanins and tannins. The maturation of the wine obtained takes place quanto a 5hl French oak tonneaux for the first year and subsequently quanto a oak barrels. The refinement ends with 12 months quanto a the bottle quanto a the company premises at a controlled temperature.

The 2016 vintage

Per mezzo di the Montalcino complesso, 2016 started with a rather mild winter which allowed the vines to start budding early. Then there was a spring that brought copious rains which slowed mongoloide the growing season, thus bringing everything back to normal. The gradual increase quanto a temperatures quanto a the months of June and July brought a benefit to the management of the plants and an August without rain but with significant temperature variations allowed for optimal conditions for the ripening of the grapes.

The Tasting

Brunello con Montalcino Vigneto Nastagio has a ruby ​​red color with large garnet reflections. Equipped with great brightness, it already presents itself to the eye as an important wine coppia to its consistency.

Bringing the glass to your nose you immediately notice the full breadth of its aromas. It starts with morello cherry quanto a alcohol, blood orange and potpourri and then moves to nutmeg, pipe tobacco, chocolate, liquorice and leather. But Brunello con Montalcino Vigneto Nastagio also has a balsamic soul with anise and eucalyptus and hints reminiscent of medicinal herbs such as rosemary.

Per mezzo di the mouth it is rather structured, with a fresh impact that balances the alcoholic verve very well and with a strong but velvety tannin. A rather enveloping, muscular and exuberant wine that fills the mouth well but at the same time manages to maintain a pleasant elegance. Excellent persistence which recalls spicy and balsamic quaderno.

Recommended pairings with Brunello con Montalcino Vigneto Nastagio

The Brunello con Montalcino Vigneto Nastagio 2016 is still exciting and needs to be accompanied by important dishes that can tame it. Clearly Bistecca remains a recommended and classic pairing, but perhaps it would be better to combine it with more succulent dishes such as stewed wild boar with polenta ora a beef stew with mushrooms.