Prestigious Tuscan Producers Flashcards
Who owns the Casse Basse site? Where is Casse Basse vineyard?
Brunello Montalcino
Soldera
Where is Soldera located?
Montalcino
What and where is Intistieti?
Brunello di Montalcino
From Soldera’s younger vines that are not good enough to go into the Brunello di Montalcino.
What wine was the first recorded mention of a Brunello and when?
Clemente Santi’s award-winning “select red wine (Brunello) of 1865” from his family’s Greppo estate in Montalcino at a local fair in 1867.
What wines does Biondi Santi make?
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva:
-from Greppo vines at least 25 years old; made only in exceptional vintages; aged for 36 months in Slavonian oak casks
Brunello di Montalcino Annata:
from Greppo vines 10-25 years old; aged for 36 months in Slavonian oak casks
Rosso di Montalcino Fascia Rossa: -a.k.a. “Red Stripe” made in years when the estate deems the quality of fruit inadequate for labeling as Brunello; aged for 12 months in Slavonian oak casks
Rosso di Montalcino:
a.k.a. “White Label”: from 5- to 10-year-old vines; aged for 12 months in Slavonian oak casks
What are Biondi Santi’s vineyard holdings?
Greppo: the historic property, includes 5 ha of 40- to 70-year-old vines
Pieri
Where is the attached winery located?
Brunello di Montalcino
Where are the Pianrosso vineyard holdings? Who owns this vineyard?
Brunello di Montalcino
Ciacci Piccolomini
Who makes this wine?
Ciacci Piccolomini
Their top bottling
-only made in the best vintages
-from a selection of the best grapes from the pianrosso vineyard
-aged 4 years in slavonian oak barrels followed by 12 months in bottle
Altesino’s top vineyard site?
Montesoli
Who makes this wine?
Altesino
What was the first vineyard in Brunello di Montalcino planted to Cabernet Sauvignon? Who owns it?
Il Feralino
Il Poggione
Where is Il Poggione located? What is the top bottling?
Brunello di Montalcino
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli
-exclusively from 40-year-old vines in I Paganelli vineyard; aged for four years in French oak barrels
Is Il Poggione a modern or traditional producer?
Modern - uses French oak barrels and barrique
Who makes this wine?
Valdicava
What is the grape of this wine?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Who is the producer?
Casanova di Neri
Who is the producer?
Livio Sassetti (Pertimali)
Where is this winery located?
Brunello di Montalcino
Who is the producer?
Le Macioche
What are the vineyard holdings of Castello Banfi?
Poggio all Mura
Poggio all’Oro
