2021 J. G. Benda Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy Savoie with a high mineral content

with a high mineral content

the wine was only consumed at the domaine during harvest but it is now released in tiny quantities

The lots were fermented separately but employed similar methods – 100% whole cluster

The limited surface (about 15 acres) allow a very careful managment of each single detail from the winter pruning to the bottling

aging in a combination of fiber glass

2021 J. G. Benda Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy Savoie with a high mineral contentThis is a classic vintage and will be the inaugural vintage of Brunello from the domaine. If I were a collector this is the vintage I'd want in my cellar both the brunello and the IGT are triumphs. The Brunello fruit comes from what he calls the "Vigna del Bosco" which contains a sandy well draining soil, encircled by the forest. The vines are accessible only by a narrow path through the woods from his IGT vines (the Vigna Vecchia"). The tannins on