Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Riserva "Santa Caterina d'Oro" 2015 Ciacci Piccolomini D'Argona

The quality of the grapes to be used for the Riserva type, produced only in the best years, is initially determined with rigorous manual selection in the Pianrosso vineyards, followed subsequently by a long maceration on the marc and a prolonged aging in barrels and in bottles.

• Features: Intense, broad and complex aromas. Fruity, spicy, sometimes ethereal: the notes of ripe red berry fruit harmonize pleasantly with multiple spices; the taste is warm, harmonious with pronounced but soft tannins; a full-bodied wine with a long taste-olfactory persistence that will evolve further with a long aging in the bottle.
• Pairings: Suitable to accompany mainly structured main courses of jugged meat, game roasts and furred game. Appropriate with very aged cheeses or tasted only as a meditation wine.

SIZE / WEIGHT: 0,75 l bottles.

ORIGIN: Tuscany.

GRAPES: 100% Sangiovese.

ALCOHOL: 15% vol.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: Temperature between 12/18°C.

STORAGE METHOD: in a cool place away from sunlight.

SPECIFIC NOTES: Contains sulphites.

PRODUCER: Ciacci Piccolomini D'Aragona - Località Molinello, Montalcino (SI).

Ciacci Piccolomini D'Aragona Winery

The estate boasts its origins dating back to the 17th century and preserves its historical heritage in a palace erected in the same period by the Montalcino Bishop and Abbot of the Abbey of S. Antimo, Fabivs de' Vecchis. Upon the Bishop's death, the Palace was put up for auction together with the vast agricultural properties following the Italian law on the assets of the Ecclesiastical Axis and purchased on 16 September 1868 by the Countess Eva Bernini Cerretani. On 31 December 1877, Countess Cerretani in turn sold the entire estate to the Castelnuovese dei Ciacci family. Following the marriage that took place in the first half of the 1900s between Count Alberto Piccolomini of Aragon, descendant of the lineage of Enea Silvio Piccolomini known as Pope Pius II, and Miss Elda Ciacci, the so-called Palazzo del Vescovo became Palazzo Ciacci Piccolomini d' Aragon. In 1985, with the extinction of the family, the property was bequeathed to Giuseppe Bianchini, already factor of the estate for many years now, who applied a totally new and avant-garde production philosophy for those years, developing and increasing production, quality of the wines and opening the export of our products in the world. Giuseppe passed away in February 2004, leaving the task of continuing his work to his children Paolo and Lucia.