Castiglion del Bosco Brunello Di Montalcino DOCG (750ml)

Made from Sangiovese grapes from the Capanna vineyard, located in the north-west area of Montalcino.  The Capanna vineyard is a single parcel of 42 hectares that winds along the ridge of the hill.  It faces southwest, at elevations between 250 metres up to 460 meters above sea level. The vineyard is exclusively for Brunello production and is divided into recoginzed parcels.  The soils in the uppermost areas are marked by an abundance of rock, a compact, gravelly mass, explains winemaker Cecilia Leoneschi, that, combined with scarce groundwater reserves, forces the vine to push its roots down deep. Here the rows are most exposed to the wind, which is the predominant characteristic of this vineyard, and most subject to wide day-night temperature swings. As one descends the slope, the character of the rock changes, with the central swath composed largely of galestro, while rock-studded clay schists predominate farther downslope.  

This wine ferments for 18 days in steel tanks at a temperature of 28 °C and matures for 24 months in French oak.