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OFFER: BRUNELLO 2019 AND BRUNELLO RISERVA 2018 PREVIEW

 

Donatella’s Club members will be among the first in the world to taste the new releases from the  Casato Prime Donne winery. Directly to your home 3 bottles of Brunello 2019 and 3 bottles of Riserva 2018 for €339.00

 

This offer is for those who want to start the new year with the right wines to celebrate any special occasion!

The 2019 harvest is to be considered one of the best harvests in Montalcino, with perfect grapes for the production of a great Brunello apt for aging. The 2018 Brunellos are characterized by a particular richness of aromas thanks to the cold nights during the entire maturation period and can be cellared for a long time.

OFFER: TWO GREAT DOCG WINES AWARDED AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

 

3 bottles of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2018 BIO-Organic “Prime Donne selection” and 3 bottles of Chianti Superiore DOCG 2020 BIO-Organic at the price of 179 € directly to your home

Offerta agosto: 3 Chianti superiore 2020, 3 Brunello di Montalcino progetto Prime Donne, una wine skin e un cavatappi personalizzato

August offer: 3 Chianti superiore 2020, 3 Brunello di Montalcino Prime Donne project, a wine skin and a personalized corkscrew

 

 For autumn, a proposal of two premium red wines, produced in small exclusive series and appreciated by wine critics from all over the world

The new proposal includes two wines by Donatella Cinelli Colombini, a wine from each estate:  Chianti Superiore DOCG 2020 from Fattoria del Colle and  Brunello di Montalcino Progetto Prime Donne DOCG 2018 from Casato Prime Donne. Two flagship wines from Donatella’s wineries!

Both productions are limited to just a few bottles, wines that are approachable, versatile and of typical Tuscan elegance.

Together with the bottles you will find two small gifts: a wine skin ,which is a bubble wrap container  to protect your bottles when you carry them in your suitcase, and a professional corkscrew. Both are customized.

 

OFFER FOR MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

3 bottles of Chianti Superiore DOCG 2020 Organic and

3 bottles of  Brunello Prime Donne 2018 Organic

1 wine skin with  Donatella Cinelli Colombini logo

1 professional corkscrew with Donatella Cinelli Colombini logo

 

Cenerentola Orcia Doc 2018

First certified BIO organic vintage of Doc Orcia Cenerentola for a year of giant stature. An intense, complex, velvety and impressive wine like a thick silk velvet, which reveals a superior consistency to the touch

 

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A surprising result in a surprising year that asked the winemakers for  all their commitment. In spring they also worked on Sundays to keep the grapes healthy from the attacks of downy mildew triggered by the alternation between  rain and very hot days. Even the flowering was disturbed by the perturbations causing the reduction in the size and number of the clusters.

 

THE CRAZY CLIMATE OF 2018 A YEAR OF INCESSIVE RAIN

The number of rainy days in 2018 is impressive: 16 in January, 16 in February, 20 in March, 11 in April and 18 in May. The amount of rain was also impressive. At the end of May, the Fattoria del Colle was also hit by a “water bomb” which flooded the historic cellar where the barrels are located. After mid-August, an icy perturbation arrived that whitened the mountains and stiffened the cells of the grape skins.

 

2018 VINTAGE BLESSED BY THE SUN OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER

Meteorologists had predicted a sunny September but after a summer with an umbrella no one believed them.

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Instead the sun came, giving a helping hand to the harvest. The vines were de-leafed in the “old way” and the calibre of the berries returned to normal and the accumulation of sugar gradually increased.
In Donatella Cinelli Colombini‘s vineyards we bet on the sun and decided to do a harvest like our “grandparents, as was the custom 50 years ago. We picked the least promising grapes first, leaving the best in the sun as long as possible. A heart-pounding situation because of the adverse weather forecasts which, fortunately, turned out to be wrong. The harvest proceeded in the sun. The rain came the day after the harvest ended. The quality of Cinderella 2018 is in our winemaker courage.

 

OFFER: BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE 2017 TO TASTE, TO GIFT AND TO PAIR

Brunello di Montalcino Prime Donne is produced only in the best vintages. It is a small selection of about 3,000 bottles destined for high-level restaurants and wine bars around the world

 

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BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE: THE FIRST BRUNELLO PRODUCED AND DESIGNED FOR WOMEN

In fact, the winery that produces it, Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino, is the first in Italy with an all-female staff, including winemakers, and is the first long cellaring red wine that is followed, from birth to bottling, by a panel of 4 very expert international tasters: a winemaker Astrid Schwarz, a sommelier Daniela Scrobogna, and two Masters of Wine Rosemary George and Madeleine Stenwreth. It is they who choose the wine from the different Sangiovese Brunello vineyards, decide the type of oak barrels and finally the blend of the wine from several wooden casks.

Obviously, Brunello Prime Donne is also very popular with men and has excellent ratings in the main international press. This is a gastronomic wine that should be accompanied with important dishes such as large pieces of roast meat, aged cheeses, and game.

The 2017 vintage was characterized by two climatic events: a frost at the end of April that hit almost the entire European vineyard, leaving Montalcino miraculously unharmed, and a very hot summer with 10 consecutive days in August with a temperature of 43 ° C. The latter event also touched the Brunello vineyard.

 

6 BOTTLES OF BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE 2017, DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI’S RECIPE BOOKLET AND APRON DELIVERD TO YOUR HOME

Furthermore, on this occasion, the Fattoria del Colle wants to become part of your kitchen. Especially for you, an apron made of Tuscan fabric. Wearing this you will prepare dishes that remind you of the delicious typical Tuscan cuisine. Speaking of which, we also include a booklet with 16 recipes that will allow you to cook traditional and modern Tuscan dishes, such as baccalà alla fratina, pinci, panforte and latte in piedi.

 

OFFER: MIX OF FLAGSHIP WINES

For our wine loving friends  a special selection from our two wineries and an exclusive online tasting with Donatella and Violante Cinelli Colombini

 

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BRUNELLO 2015, SUPERTUSCAN IL DRAGO E LE 8 COLOMBE 2018 AND OUR ORCIA DOC LEONE ROSSO 2019 AT HOME

For relaxing moments at home, for those who love to experiment with dishes from all over the world and even mix and serve them during same dinner. For those who have fun and get excited by combining foods and wines from different cultures.
To these wine lovers we offer a 6-bottle carton with three family wines from Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s vineyards and matured in her cellars at Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino and Fattoria del Colle in southern Chianti in Tuscany. The carton will arrive directly at your home.

 

We propose again the Brunello di Montalcino 2015 by Casato Prime Donne, a 5-star vintage, more ready to open now, for an evening with friends or for a romantic dinner for two. An extraordinary vintage that was celebrated even before going on the market, and where the climatic trend shows the characteristics of the best Brunello vintages. The international press awarded this wine with excellent ratings:
• “TRE BICCHIERI” Vini d’Italia 2021 – Gambero Rosso
• 95 James Suckling
• 94 Wine Spectator
• 94 Wine Advocate – Robert Parker
• 93 Decanter
• 92 Wine Enthusiast
• 90+ Vinous – Antonio Galloni

 

Il Drago e le 8 Colombe 2018 instead comes from the Fattoria del Colle where three varieties are used with creativity and produce a true IGT Toscana “signature wine”. Yes, it is dedicated to the all-female staff of our cellars, the 8 doves, but giving an important role to Carlo Gardini, the dragon, Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s husband, the only man who can have his say in the cellar!

 

The Leone Rosso Doc Orcia 2019 wine, a real preview, is dedicated to the ancestors of the owner who built the Fattoria del Colle and who had a rampant lion on their coat of arms. The grapes for the Leone Rosso Doc Orcia are born right here. This is a memorable harvest. Rated 5 stars for the perfect quality of the grapes.

 

OFFER: BRUNELLO 2017 AND RISERVA 2016 IN PREVIEW

Members of Donatella’s Club will be among the first in the world to taste Brunello 2017 and the wonderful 2016 Riserva from Casato Prime Donne winery

 

BRUNELLO RISERVA 2016 AND BRUNELLO 2017 AT YOUR HOME

To start the New Year as every great wine lover dreams of doing.

 

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Wine lovers from all over the world are waiting for the Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2016 which is considered one of the best harvests in the last century. In 2016, in the vineyards at Casato Prime Donne the vegetative cycle of the vines – from the budding to the harvest – was longer than usual, this gave birth to well balanced grapes and deep Brunello wines, and they are satisfying, refined and suitable for long aging.

The total respect for the grapes and the search for purity that characterizes all our work – from the vineyard to the bottle – will surprise you in the 2017 vintage. It is a very hot vintage where the grape growers have shown all their talent. They understood the needs of the Sangiovese vines, cultivating them organically, and helping them to endure the sun. The clayey and cold soil of Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s vineyards and a small amount of rain  have allowed the production of grapes of excellent quality from which a Brunello was born, one that will surprise you with its pleasantness, elegance and silkiness.

Casato Prime Donne is a property of 40 hectares of which almost half are of Sangiovese vineyard. The cultivation is organic, certified since 2018. Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s estate already belonged to her ancestors in 1592. It is located in the northern area of Montalcino where the climate is cooler and the soils are colder and rich in clays.

 

CLUB OFFER OF 6 MIXED WINES

6 different wines for two memorable dinners: IGT Supertuscan white and rosé. Doc Orcia Cenerentola, Brunello IOsonoDonatella, highly rated Vin Santo and Passito

 

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Exclusive wines real rarities made in limited number of bottles. Family wines obtained from the grapes from the vineyards belonging to Donatella Cinelli Colombini and aged in the Casato Prime Donne winery in Montalcino and in the Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda, Tuscany. Wines destined to the more demanding of wine lovers and to those who want to experience unique moments enjoying extraordinary and rare bottles. These will be delivered directly to your home.

 

3 WINES FOR A ROMANTIC DINNER

–  1 bottle of Sanchimento IGT Toscana Bianco 2020 Biologico, organic, in preview (a series of 2.000 bottles)

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–  1 bottle of Cenerentola Orcia Doc 2017, dreaming of the Val d’Orcia while waiting to come back to Tuscany (series of 9.300 bottles)

–  1 bottle of Passito IGT Toscana 2017, 0,375lt, to be served cool together with a creamy dessert … (series of 346 bottles)

 

3 WINES FOR A MEMORABLE DINNER

–  1 bottle of Rosa di Tetto IGT Toscana Rosé 2019, because a “Pink wine” is the best way to begin a great night (series of 2.000 bottles)
–  1 bottle of IOsonoDONATELLA Brunello di Montalcino 2012, the most important wine produced by Donatella. The very last bottles available that we hope will be opened in special occasions (series of 800 bottles)
–  1 bottle of Vin Santo del Chianti DOC 2008, 0,75lt to end with a sweet bang … if you do not finish the bottle there is no problem, because Vin Santo can be kept for months with its original cork as a closure (series of 600 bottles)

 

CLUB OFFER: Brunello Prime Donne 2016 in wooden crate

6 bottles of the highly rated Brunello Prime Donne 2016 delivered directly to your home in the exclusive wooden crate and the possibility of tasting it with Donatella Cinelli Colombini

 

Brunello di Montalcino Prime Donne 2016 and online wine tasting

 

Donatella and Violante Cinelli Colombini will taste the Brunello Prime Donne 2016 online. It will be an exclusive event reserved to those who choose this offer.  The date will be sent out as soon as the wine will have arrived to your home and it will take place during the weekend.

 

The Brunello Prime Donne 2016 went on sale on January 1st 2021 and so this is practically a preview. Some of the major wine critics have tasted it, so we have their enthusiastic ratings for you.

 

 

 

 

BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO PRIME DONNE 2016 RATINGS

  • Robert Parker/Wine Advocate: 96
  • Vinous Antonio Galloni: 95
  • James Suckling: 96

 

Offer for the CLUB: Brunello, Chianti and Supertuscan

Try the Brunello 2016 with a Steak au poivre or the Supertuscan ll Drago e le 8 Colombe with chicken and vegetables with noodles or the Chianti Superiore with a hamburger

 

Club offer by Donatella Cinelli Colombini: Brunello di Montalcino, Supertuscan IGT Il Drago e le 8 Colombe, Chianti Superiore

Club offer by Donatella Cinelli Colombini: Brunello di Montalcino, Supertuscan IGT Il Drago e le 8 Colombe, Chianti Superiore

For those who adore great cheeses and wants to enjoy a delicious  snack with Brunello 2016 and Parmigiano reggiano aged 24 months, or the IGT 2016 Il Drago e le 8 Colombe Supertuscan together with an excellent tasty provolone or a un caciocavallo bianco and the Chianti Superiore DOCG matched with fontina valdostana
For those who love experimenting with dishes from all over the world and maybe mixing them throughout the same meal. For those who enjoy searching for new suggestions matching wines and food from different cultures.

To these wine lovers we propose a box with three family wines that come from  Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s vineyards and that have been aged in her cellars at Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino and at Fattoria del Colle south of Chianti in Tuscany. The box will be delivered directly to your home together with a vacuum stopper that allows you to extract the air from the bottle and preserve the wine for a couple of days once opened.

 

ONLINE TASTING LINK

Donatella and Violante Cinelli Colombini will taste on line these three splendid wines together with those who have ordered them. The date and the link will be communicated once the wines have reached the clients’ home.

Club offer by Donatella Cinelli Colombini: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2016

Club offer by Donatella Cinelli Colombini: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2016

Online Donatella and Violante will explain the wines and tell of how they were born together with some fun anecdotes.

 

HIGHLY RECOMENDED WINES

  • Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2016: 95/100 Robert Parker/Wine Advocate, 93/100 Vinous Antonio Galloni, 94/100 James Suckling.
  • Supertuscan Il Drago e le 8 Colombe IGT Toscana 2016: 93/100 Robert Parker/Wine Advocate, 91/100 James Suckling.
  • Chianti Superiore DOCG 2018: first vintage with the organic certification (BIO).

 

Mix ‘n’ match Wine and Oil from Tuscany

5 fine wines and a bottle of extra virgin olive oil 2020 for a dinner for 8 people based on Tuscan and Italian dishes or for special gourmand moments

 

  • IGT Toscana bianco Sanchimento 2019 with “pinzimonio”, extra virgin olive oil with salt and pepper for fresh vegetables
  • Chianti Superiore DOCG 2018 with fresh pecorino cheese or with pizza
  • Rosso di Montalcino DOC 2018 with pasta dressed in Tuscan ragu or prosciutto
  • Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2015 with roast meats, or braised beef, or Peposo or other stews made with red wine
  • Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG 2007 with long aged Pecorino or Parmigiano.

 

You will notice that there is no sweet wine. Donatella does not like them, and prefers finishing the meal with a fine red wine to be slowly sipped while chatting .For this reason she has inserted in the shipment an important Brunello Riserva to conclude the evening as she would, with her friends.

 

SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

Special Offer of 5 wines and extra virgin olive oil with food pairing

5 bottles of wine and 1 bottle of extra virgin olive oil at the price of 159,50 Euro (instead of 176,50 Euro)

For those who wish to double the offer to 10 bottles of wine and 2 bottles of extra virgin olive oil the special price is 295,00 Euro (instead of 343,00 Euro)

 

CLUB OFFER: BRUNELLO 2015 – 3 BICCHIERI GAMBERO ROSSO

12 bottles of Brunello 2015 awarded TRE BICCHIERI by the Guida dei Vini del Gambero Rosso, directly at your home for special meals and gifts

 

We are honoured to announce that the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2015 by Donatella Cinelli Colombini has been awarded by the Vini d’Italia 2021 guide by Gambero Rosso with the Tre Bicchieri. This great wine has received excellent reviews also from the main international wine critics: 94/100 Wine Advocate Robert Parker, 94/100 Wine Spectator, 95/100 James Suckling.

 

OFFER OF 12 BOTTLES OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2015 “TRE BICCHIERI”

FOR MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

2015 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG at €39,00 (price per bottle) – buy 11 bottles and you get one free

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Brunello di Montalcino 2015 offer

Free shipping within Italy, for those buying from abroad a discount of 20,00 Euro is foreseen

 

FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

2015 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG at €39,00 (price per bottle)

Free shipping within Italy, for those buying from abroad per a discount of 20,00 Euro is foreseen

 

FREE SHIPPING IN ITALY AND DISCOUNTED ABROAD

Shipping is included for orders in Italy and there is a 20 Euro discount for shipping abroad.

The cost of shipping abroad varies from nation to nation and will be quoted upon receiving the order.

We have some interesting conditions for shipments to the US, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.

 

CAFFE’ IN FORCHETTA, A MONTALCINO DESSERT

This is a delicious dessert born at the beginning of the 20th century in Montalcino. It is called “caffè in forchetta” (coffee with a fork) but, in truth, it is eaten with a spoon

 

by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

It is a Liberty-style dessert, an era when cafés became an important place in social life. In Montalcino, like in Venice or Turin, the local public places in the centre were re-qualified and enriched with velvet and mirrors so as to be able to welcome the bourgeois clients. These in Montalcino, the city of Brunello, comprised those who were noble, academics, business men, landowners and even a few artists.

 

CAFFE’ IN FORCHETTA IN MONTALCINO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY

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Caffè in forchetta of Montalcino Tuscany Fattoria del Colle

Montalcino has always, in fact, had a diversified social structure, cultured and open minded. Regardless of this liveliness the lifestyle of the women was controlled and certainly not as casual as in Paris. In particular, women were criticized if they drank coffee, it was considered too audacious. For this reason a cream caramel was invented where to the milk was added to coffee. This way it was possible to serve coffee to the ladies without it seeming so.  This dessert was quite a success and was served in all homes, until like everything else it was no longer fashionable. I published a booklet called “66 ricette di cucina montalcinese” where the fine oral Montalcinese gastronomy was transcribed. This brought back into use the caffè in forchetta that is now once again very present in the restaurant menus in the Brunello territory.
Here it is. It is a simple dessert quite apt to sweetly conclude a meal.

 

The Casato Prime Donne and Fattoria del Colle wineries reopen

The Casato Prime Donne winery in Montalcino and Fattoria del Colle in the Doc Orcia region become a green wine destination

 

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Fattoria del Colle – Italian style garden with lemon trees

Wine and tourism out in the open. A formula born by necessity because of social distancing due to Covid-19. Come to live a new wine experience. Discover the vegetative cycle of the vine, the soil, the grape varieties and most of all the panorama. For instance the landscape here becomes a protagonist of outdoor toasts and wine tastings.

 

CASATO PRIME DONNE WINE TOUR IN THE BRUNELLO VINEYARD

Casato Prime Donne a Montalcino is open also on Saturday afternoons from now on. It proposes a tour with an itinerant tasting of Rosso, Brunello di Montalcino and Brunello Riserva. It is possible to see some of the organic Sangiovese vineyards and also where the wine ages in barrel and vinifies (at least from outside).

There will be explanations regarding the vintages of Brunello in front of the Calendar with the stars. It will be possible to interact with some of the modern art installations. There is the selfie frame, or Punti di Vista and the Modernacolo created for Carla Fendi. The tour lasts about an hour and is very engaging.
Just one request: it is necessary to book beforehand.

 

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Casato Prime Donne – Brunello Calendar

FATTORIA DEL COLLE MANY PROPOSALS FOR STAYS AND DAILY ACTIVITIES

It is important to register before leaving home also for stays at Fattoria del Colle . Here the activities proposed to guests are many and diverse because the farm is like a small hamlet for the 16th century surrounded by vineyards and olive groves with a splendid panorama of the Crete Senesi and the Valdorcia.
Stays in apartments, rooms and villas, typical traditional meals matched with wines, cookery lessons, hiking and vineyard trails, guided tours and wine tastings…all well organized in every detail to offer guests experiences and small discoveries.
For this reason Fattoria del Colle should be considered a wine destination where it is possible to spend a holiday or a day out in the open air with some fine wines.