La Rasina

Brunello Di Montalcino

Name: Brunello Di Montalcino
Brand: La Rasina
Price: 1300 ZAR
Availability: InStock

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Sangiovese Grosso•Tuscany • Italy

1 bottle750 ml•R110 delivery

R1,300

Case of 6750 ml each•Free delivery

R7,800

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Taste profile

Type

Red Wine

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On the palate

The colour is ruby-red tending to garnet. Forthcoming, complex nose with well-defined hints of spices, cloves, prunes, eucalyptus, and chocolate with cherries macerated in alcohol. The taste is fresh, fragrant, fruity and elegant, yet also robust and highly persistent. If well kept it lasts many years. It is suggested to open the bottle about two hours before sipping the wine.

Spices

Eucalyptus

Chocolate

Prunes

Cultivar

100% Sangiovese Grosso

Region

Tuscany

Appellation

DOCG

Alcohol

13.5%

Cellaring Potential

10 to 15 years

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The property is situated on the north-east side of the Montalcino hill at less than 4 km from the historical village. It consists of approximately 45 hectares dedicated to various agricultural activities; 8.5 hectares are reserved to the cultivation of grapes for Brunello di Montalcino; the property is also well known for its production of high quality olive oil. Owner and hands-on manager of the farm is Marco Mantengoli.

The estate's 8.5 hectares of specialised vineyards are planted with one single variety: Sangiovese Grosso. The various vineyards are of diverse age (2 to 30 years old) and density (3,500 to 4,500 vines per hectare). They are grown with the low spurred cordon method and produce less than 8 tons of grapes per hectare. Harvest takes place at the end of September / beginning of October and is entirely hand-picked ensuring a careful qualitative selection of grapes. Brunello di Montalcino "Il DiVasco" is the realization of a decade-long dream of achieving the highest possible expression from the union between the Sangiovese grape and the Montalcino territory. In search of such excellence Marco Mantengoli – the current owner of La Rasina – left no stone unturned, selecting only the best soil on the property, the best rooted cuttings and placing the utmost care in the choice of every material and in the conduction of every single phase of production. The wine is named after Vasco Mantengoli, who first conceived this project and worked indefatigably to bring it to completion. DiVasco is produced only during vintages characterized by exceptionally favourable conditions, when the selected vineyard can express its highest potential.

At the end of the alcoholic fermentation, the wine is placed in barriques for 12 months. During this period malolactic fermentation takes place and the wine is racked several times. Subsequently it is moved to large 20-40 hl barrels where it rests for another 14 months. After this period, the content of the various large barrels is assembled and the mass is left to rest for another 10 months. Finally, bottling takes place and the product is allowed to settle in bottle for another 6 months.

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