Vigna Spuntali is the reference vineyard of the company Val di Suga in Montalcino, as an area is located 3 kilometers from the sea, in Sant’Angelo in Colle. We are in the southwestern part of the territory and it was planted in the mid-1980s. About 15 hectares of Sangiovese Grosso. The property belongs to the group since 2014 Farming Domains. Property in Montalcino counts 120 hectares of which 51 are vineyards and 41 to Brunello. The Bertani group, however, is made up of six wineries, for a total of 460 hectares of vineyards and a total production of about 4 million bottles a year. The six companies, in addition to Veneto, in Valpolicella, where the most historic winery is located, and Montalcino, are in Montepulciano (TreRose), in the Chianti Classico (San Leonino), in the Marche (Fazi Battaglia) and in Friuli (Puiatti). But Val di Suga, in Montalcino, began its history in 1969 with the production of fodder, converting the land to vineyards over the years. The first bottles arrive in 1982 and the first vintage on the market is a 1977 Brunello Riserva. Today a red di Montalcino, a vintage Brunello and three crus are produced. Because there are other hectares on different sides of the Denomination: in the northernmost part (the cru is Vigna al Lago) where the cellar is also located and in the South-East area near the Abbey of Sant’Antimo (Poggio al Granchio) . «We have carried out a deep study of the soils – explains the director of the Tuscan estates Pietro Riccobono – ours is a tailor-made process on each vineyard, on each bunch. The variety of terrains and exposures also makes our work much easier and the possibility of rendering in the bottle more and more unique and diversified expressions of a territory so changeable in terms of terroir and climate ». The red of Montalcino in the 2019 vintage is a drinkable and immediate wine, with the small red fruit at the right point. The Brunello Crus in a magical vintage like 2016, multi-award-winning in the world, show the different attitudes of exposure from the pure energy of Vigna del Lago with a continuous fruit waltz to the darker, robust version of Poggio al Granchio however the generosity of fruit rhythmically accompanies the sip, to close with Vigna Spuntali the only Brunello that ages in barrique for 6 months that stamps the palate with complexity and elegance.
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