Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 'Vigna Soccorso'

• Tiezzi’s rarest wine, produced only in the best vintages: 2006, 2010, 2012 & 2013
• A selection of his best fruit entirely from the storied Soccorso vineyard next to eponymous medieval church La Madonna del Soccorso
• Enzo Tiezzi, eminence gris of Montalcino completely restored and renovated this vineyard starting in 1999
• Know to be the location of production for the very first wines from Montalcino labeled Brunello
• The label is a throwback to the original wines produced from this parcel in the 1800s which won awards in Marseilles and Bordeaux at the turn of the 20th century
• 530 meters above sea level, among the highest vineyards in the appellation
• Sandstone, Volcanic soils with silt, sand and clay
• The vines are “alberello” or bush-trained
•  Spontaneous fermentation and maceration on the skins without temperature control for four weeks in upright, open-top oak fermenters
• The wine is aged just under four years in the traditional Slavonian-oak casks form 10-40 hectoliters
• 80 cases are produced on average in the best years
• 2006 first year of production

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