Brunello instead is the result of the masterful vinification of a single vine, Sangiovese, which has amply demonstrated its natural disposition for an alliance with the territory of Montalcino. It is a land caressed by the sun, with the characteristic shape of cypress trees, recorded time and again in the most beautiful landscape photos of Tuscany; a laborious and happy land, attentive to tradition, but open to new and interesting developments occurring in the surrounding area. It is a spontaneous, rough land, determined to earn respect, especially for its ability to produce rich, balanced and healthy clusters of the best grapes. Thanks to the individual and collective intelligence of Tuscany's large and small winegrowers, its institutional representatives and the many creative personalities who accompany its winning image, undeniably prestigious results have been attained, through research for the constant and ubiquitous application of standards of agronomical, enological and commercial excellence. So the fame of Brunello goes beyond the mere quality of its grapes. It involves the geo-pedological conformation of the territory and its climactic component, which are represented in the work of the producers, who observe a few simple formulas: good land, good air, a little blessed water, a lot of sun a great commitment. Another of the peculiarities that make this wine great is the difference of style expressed by individual vineyards, albeit they all follow a common fil rouge. We can also speak of genius loci for Brunello, as it is capable and has been so for only a few years, of guaranteeing the widespread prosperity that was unknown in the not too distant past. Just think that Montalcino wines today produce a turnover of 200 billion lire, providing 800 full-time jobs and employment for 600 temporary workers. More than half of the Ilcinese winegrowers occupy an area of less than three hectares, dimensions that are not at all distant from reference figures for the national winegrowing sector. More in detail, 22 percent of the winegrowers have an area dedicated to vines of less than 1 hectare; 29 percent own between 1 and 3 hectares; 15 percent between 3 and 5 hectares, 15 percent between 5 and 15 hectares, 9 percent between 15 and 100 hectares, 1 percent over 100 hectares and the remaining 9 percent indicates exclusively commercial firms.Vineyard management in Montalcino is another factor to be taken into consideration, inasmuch as it assumes a peculiar aspect due to the variegated social composition of workers in the division. There are first of all the historical producers: the landowning families, whose surnames have been in the city population registry for generations, including the very `inventors' of Brunello. Alongside them are cultivators who have planted vineyards in old land holdings inherited from their families' past condition as sharecroppers, together with expert vineyard farmers or enologists from other wine-growing regions.The success of Brunello also derives from a continuous research to ensure the supremacy of the image over the wine's direct competitors, the prestigious red wines and the wine cellars of the world. For this reason, Brunello has increasingly enjoyed more widespread international appraise, since a good 64 out of every 100 bottles are sold abroad, in countries where the competition of wines from other winegrowing areas of the world is particularly stiff. The countries that seek and import Brunello most assiduously and faithfully are Germany, Switzerland, the United States, ,Japan, Canada and England. In this wine, which reflects the greatness of this d.o.c.g. area and makes the Sienese land even more precious, this mixture of hope, dedication and competence, the personal or family experience of so many heterogeneous and apparently distant personalities, has created an amalgamation that cannot be found elsewhere.

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Brunello instead is the result of the masterful vinification of a single vine, Sangiovese, which has amply demonstrated its natural disposition for an alliance with the territory of Montalcino.
It is a land caressed by the sun, with the characteristic shape of cypress trees, recorded time and again in the most beautiful landscape photos of Tuscany; a laborious and happy land, attentive to tradition, but open to new and interesting developments occurring in the surrounding area. It is a spontaneous, rough land, determined to earn respect, especially for its ability to produce rich, balanced and healthy clusters of the best grapes.
Thanks to the individual and collective intelligence of Tuscany's large and small winegrowers, its institutional representatives and the many creative personalities who accompany its winning image, undeniably prestigious results have been attained, through research for the constant and ubiquitous application of standards of agronomical, enological and commercial excellence. So the fame of Brunello goes beyond the mere quality of its grapes. It involves the geo-pedological conformation of the territory and its climactic component, which are represented in the work of the producers, who observe a few simple formulas: good land, good air, a little blessed water, a lot of sun a great commitment. Another of the peculiarities that make this wine great is the difference of style expressed by individual vineyards, albeit they all follow a common fil rouge.
We can also speak of genius loci for Brunello, as it is capable and has been so for only a few years, of guaranteeing the widespread prosperity that was unknown in the not too distant past. Just think that Montalcino wines today produce a turnover of 200 billion lire, providing 800 full-time jobs and employment for 600 temporary workers.
More than half of the Ilcinese winegrowers occupy an area of less than three hectares, dimensions that are not at all distant from reference figures for the national winegrowing sector.
More in detail, 22 percent of the winegrowers have an area dedicated to vines of less than 1 hectare; 29 percent own between 1 and 3 hectares; 15 percent between 3 and 5 hectares, 15 percent between 5 and 15 hectares, 9 percent between 15 and 100 hectares, 1 percent over 100 hectares and the remaining 9 percent indicates exclusively commercial firms.Vineyard management in Montalcino is another factor to be taken into consideration, inasmuch as it assumes a peculiar aspect due to the variegated social composition of workers in the division.
There are first of all the historical producers: the landowning families, whose surnames have been in the city population registry for generations, including the very `inventors' of Brunello. Alongside them are cultivators who have planted vineyards in old land holdings inherited from their families' past condition as sharecroppers, together with expert vineyard farmers or enologists from other wine-growing regions.The success of Brunello also derives from a continuous research to ensure the supremacy of the image over the wine's direct competitors, the prestigious red wines and the wine cellars of the world.
For this reason, Brunello has increasingly enjoyed more widespread international appraise, since a good 64 out of every 100 bottles are sold abroad, in countries where the competition of wines from other winegrowing areas of the world is particularly stiff. The countries that seek and import Brunello most assiduously and faithfully are Germany, Switzerland, the United States, ,Japan, Canada and England.
In this wine, which reflects the greatness of this d.o.c.g. area and makes the Sienese land even more precious, this mixture of hope, dedication and competence, the personal or family experience of so many heterogeneous and apparently distant personalities, has created an amalgamation that cannot be found elsewhere.