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Brunello di Montalcino.
One grape we teach is grown in Brunello di Montalcino.
Sangiovese
Climate
Warmer and drier than Chianti. Galestro and tufa soils around Montalcino hill.
Style
100% Sangiovese Grosso. Minimum 5 years aging. Large Slavonian oak required.
Tell
Dried cherry and leather, iron and tobacco, very firm tannin, tar, austere and needs long age