Uccelliera Brunello Di Montalcino 2020 (750ml)

Uccelliera is the name of an old homestead on the slopes of Castelnuovo dell’Abate, overlooking the ancient volcano of Mount Amiata.  Uccelliera is the Italian word for aviary; there are documents dating back to the Middle Ages indicating that in this local, near the Sant’ Antimo Abbey and the alabaster quarries, raptors were once used for hunting.

Andrea Cortonesi is the only son of a family of sharecroppers; he has worked in vineyards his entire life.  He has had excellent  mentors along the way and has honed his skills as a winemaker and entrepreneur over the years.  In 1986 he acquired the farm with century-old olive trees, pastures and a small vineyard and has been tending to his land and wines ever since. 

“Farming today requires considerable individual dedication, but that does not mean that it can be seen as a vocation to solitary labour. Growth must be collective, since if my neighbour makes mistakes, I will suffer the consequences, and vice versa. This is the reason I dedicate time to mutual agricultural concerns, to meetings, to the study of all those things that, apart from work in the fields, are part of our world. Our work has serious meaning for all of our society, so it bears doing with conscientiousness and responsibility.” – Andrea Cortonesi