Brunello di Montalcino 2009 DOCG Baricci Colombaio Montosoli

Brunello di Montalcino 2009 DOCG Baricci Colombaio Montosoli

The history

The company is located in the northern part of the territory of Montalcino, on the slope overlooking the city of Siena, at an altitude of 280 meters above sea level

It covers 12 hectares (5 of which are planted to Brunello) on the little Montosoli hill, considered for centuries the area of ​​excellence, quality product and high wine vocation.

He was born in 1955 when Bariccis, peasant family, after long years of sacrifice, physical and financial, are able to buy a small farm called Colombaio Montosoli.

At that time an unknown wine Brunello was produced in small quantities and only by a few enthusiasts.

Years pass and in 1967 In Baricci, along with a few other producers, he founded the “Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino” a free association of producers in order to protect, defend and promote that their wine whose reputation was growing more and more.

The first commercially Baricci Brunello is dated 1971 while the first bottle of Rosso di Montalcino is the year 1968. Currently the grandsons Federico and Francesco carry on the family name, synonymous with tradition, passion and professionalism.

The support to the grandfather of the third generation is now a proof of employment opportunities in “upstream” of new generations and the continuation of an honest way of working and committed.

The cellar is equipped with stainless steel tanks and oak barrels from Slavonia.

Wine

The fermentation and aging faithfully follow the traditional rules that have made the famous Brunello around the world.

In fact, the wine remains in barrels for at least 3 years and is then aged for 8 months in bottle before being marketed in several European countries and in USA and Japan.

The average annual production is about 13000 and 18000 bottles of Brunello Rosso di Montalcino.

Baricci company is widely recognized as a typical, historical reality Montalcino.

One of the so-called “small producers” who have surely contributed to the great Brunello Di Montalcino.

Colombaio Montosoli

Montosoli

An Identity, an exclusive area, a cru always recognizable. An honor and a burden, 15 hectares of valuable land to the north of Montalcino set perfectly between the hill country and the plain Valdarbia.

A cool and breezy area, thanks to the hill of Montalcino that protects from the sirocco wind to the south and the crossroads between the winds from the north and the east.

A microclimate that tends towards the dry, rains that come from the Atlantic that bathe the “land of vines” (cit. In Baricci) with a mixture of marl, shale and quartz, clay, amalgamated in a paste derived from marine elements from the Pliocene era.

Stony ground, stingy and hard to cultivate, and it is these seemingly negative characteristics that make it ideal for the pure Sangiovese grape.

The rain will never stagnate.

It nourishes the roots of the vines and passes through. A great potential for draining in wet years, a seasonal temperature not excessive in warmer ones.

A moisture naturally controlled by the winds, consistent and calibrated maturation thanks to the excellent summer temperature range and the freshness of the area.

Montosoli has been wine land for at least five centuries. The relationship between this hill and the Sangiovese was rooted several hundred years before the success of Brunello in the World.

There are mentions of wine production ever since the creation of the first human settlement in the Villa, whose namesake is the same as the hill, built in 1555 by the famous architect Baldassare Peruzzi. The “Farm Montosoli”, with cellar and oil mill, included several farms including the “Colombaio”, of which our family is now the owner.

Tasting notes

Color:

• Ruby red with shades of garnet

Perfume:

•  Ethereal and complex with hints of red berries.

Taste:

•  Persistent aroma, important structure, elegant and alluring.

Pairings

• dishes rich in flavor with red meats, game, grilled, roasted mixed.
• Hard cheeses.

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