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BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2020 ORGANIC

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE MONTALCINO VINEYARDS LINE UP THREE 5 STAR HARVESTS ONE AFTER THE OTHER. 2020 IS PERHAPS THE ONE WITH THE GREATEST HARMONY AND INTENSITY

A circumstance that has never happened before which confirms the extraordinary vocation of the Brunello area for the cultivation of Sangiovese, its only grape variety. The favourable effect of the new climate which multiplied the excellent harvests was also confirmed.

However, 2019 and 2020 have different characteristics that enthusiasts will be able to enjoy comparing.

2020 A YEAR AND A BRUNELLO TO REMEMBER

In 2020, the year of Covid, there was a spring frost (18-23 March) which drastically reduced the grapes in the vineyards.

After a mild and arid winter, June was very rainy while from mid-July to the end of August the heat was never interrupted by storms. The good weather continued in September until the harvest when the disturbances began to arrive. The rain circled around leaving Casato Prime Donne dry until September 25th when the harvest was almost completed. That day there was a real downpour but, fortunately, almost all the grapes were already in the cellar.

The 2020 Sangiovese grapes were perfectly ripe, healthy, with well-lignified seeds, small berries and the typical crunchiness of great vintages.

25 October 2024

OFFER: WINES FOR THE FESITIVITIES AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Spumante Brut Rosé 2020 preview and Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2018 late vintage release, to give prestige to Christmas gifts and meals at €299.00

For you 2 exclusive wines, produced in very small series and intended for a small number of connoisseurs.

For this offer an excellent Tuscan style Spumante designed to accompany the entire meal. It is a Metodo Classico rosé Brut obtained from organically grown Sangiovese grapes

The offer also includes bottles of the late release Brunello di Montalcino 2018, each numbered and wrapped separately.

A unique opportunity for true wine lovers who want to receive two 100% Sangiovese wines produced in Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s wineries, ideal for Christmas and New Year celebrations but also for making very exclusive gifts.

OFFER FOR MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

2 bottles of Spumante Metodo Classico Rosé millesimato BIO 2020

4 bottles of Brunello 2018 late vintage release BIO

2 cotton sachets customized with the Donatella Cinelli Colombini logo

DURATION OF THE OFFER

The offer ends on November 8, 2024

10 October 2024

BRUNELLO HARVEST 2024, A MASTERPIECE

PLENTIFUL WONDERFUL GRAPES WITH OLD STYLE RIPENING WHICH, THANKS TO THE WEATHER FORECAST AND HARVEST TECHNOLOGY, ARRIVED IN THE CELLAR IN PERFECT CONDITIONS

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For the first time, in many years, the ripening of the grapes was what winemakers dream of: the ripening of the pulp of the grapes (technological) and that of the skins (polyphenolic) occurred simultaneously and completely.

Average 13% alcohol, lignified seeds, small berries and bunches, good content of noble substances, acidity and PH just below perfection… And lots of grapes.

At the beginning of September no one was hoping for such a spectacular result, in fact everyone was pessimistic because the weather forecast was terrible.

CHRONICLE OF THE 2024 HARVEST: FROM PESSIMISM TO JOY

After 60 days of scorching temperatures in July and August, with temperatures of 37°C during the day and 22 at night, the vines are still. Veraison is slow and ripening does not seem to progress. Then the weather changes suddenly and a very rainy month begins: from early September to early October, around 200 mm of rain falls. It’s cold and at night the thermometer drops to 10°C.

Managing a climate of this kind is very difficult: you need a team of very good agronomists, grape growers and oenologists, excellent harvesting technology and a pinch of luck. We have all this and in fact we produce an amazing harvest.

3 October 2024

5 GRAPPOLI BY GUIDA BIBENDA 2025

Bibenda premia con 5 grappoli il Brunello Prime Donne 2019

Bibenda awards 5 grappoli to Brunello Prime Donne 2019

BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE 2019 WINS THE 5 GRAPPOLI BY FIS – BIBENDA GUIDE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE AWARDS CEREMONY AND GREAT WINE PARTY AT THE HOTEL ROME CAVALIERI

It is nice to receive the invitation to the most charming Wine event organized for the award ceremony of the wines awarded 5 grappoli ( bunches) in the BIBENDA 2025 guide. An event with an exclusive direction and full of affection dedicated to Italian producers. Franco Ricci, the great boss of Bibenda FIS – Italian Sommelier Foundation, calls it the Embrace Festival because it allows the best producers from all over Italy to meet again and share a beautiful moment.

NUMBERS OF THE BIBENDA GUIDE

The BIBENDA GUIDE is consulted by a million people. Its 27th edition 2025 contains 2,200 wineries and 15,000 wines. A complete repertoire of Italian production told and explained with care and precision. The award ceremony for the wines who have received the maximum score consisting of 5 grappoli (bunches) will take place on Saturday 16 November 2024 in the lounge of the Hotel Rome Cavalieri with the tasting of all the awarded wines.

27 September 2024

OFFER: RISERVA SUPER VERTICAL FOR THANKSGIVING

Receive 2 bottles of Brunello Riserva of each of the 2018, 2016 and 2015 vintages at your home for €399.00

A unique opportunity for true wine lovers who want to receive 3 premium wines to open for important occasions such as festivities to serve with delicious dishes, or to organize a nice tasting with 3 vintages to be compared.

The Brunello di Montalcino Riserva by Donatella Cinelli Colombini is a great, extremely balanced and fine wine, which comes from a small vineyard of the Casato Prime Donne di Montalcino, the first winery in Italy with an all-female staff.

WHAT MAKES THE RISERVA SPECIAL

All Brunellos are able to last many years in the bottle, but Brunello Riserva is one of the greatest red wines in the world created for very long cellaring.

Donatella Cinelli Colombini produces Brunello Riserva in the Casato Prime Donne winery in Montalcino, Tuscany,

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only in the best years and choosing by hand, one by one, the best bunches of Sangiovese grapes. A slow and careful way of working that allows only perfect grapes of the same level of ripeness to be sent to the cellar.

Before the harvest, the vineyards are divided into small parcels based on the tasting of the grapes. The area with the greatest qualitative potential is destined for the production of Brunello Riserva. The selection is made by tasting the grapes, just as was done a century ago, the laboratory analysis confirms the decision. Generally, the best grapes come from the Ardita vineyard, planted and cultivated at the highest point of the vineyards around the property.

30 August 2024

OFFER: TWO ORGANIC 2022 FAMILY WINE PREVIEWS

Receive 2 bottles of Rosso di Montalcino 2022, 2 bottles of Chianti Superiore 2022 and 1 Magnum Rosso Montalcino 2022 at home for €112.00

NEWS ON THE EXCELLENT VINTAGE 2022

Few very good and healthy grapes due to the 2021 frost which extended its effects into the following year, and also

New monthly offer with Rosso di Montalcino 2022 e Chianti Superiore 2022

due to the seven months of drought which put the vines and the winemakers to the test, as they were forced to continuously hoe the earth. 2022 will be remembered as the year of drought and tannins and it was also a very hot year where budding occurred early, also leading to an early harvest compared to the normal calendar. The small caliber of the grapes and their thick skins have allowed the creation of very structured and long-lived wines. The very favorable relationship between the skin and the juice of the grape has produced an exceptional concentration of noble substances and above all of tannins in the wine. For this reason, the vinification was very delicate and the maceration in contact with the skins was prolonged.

THE 2022 VINTAGE OF ROSSO DI MONTALCINO FROM CASATO PRIME DONNE

The result is a powerful and sunny Rosso di Montalcino, like the heat of summer 2022, but also with a surprisingly fresh sip thanks to the perfect acid content of the grape.

8 August 2024

TOURIST HARVEST 2024 WITH TASTINGS, EXPERIENCES AND DINNERS

FROM SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15th TO WEDNESDAY 18th OR FROM MONDAY 23rd TO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26th IN TUSCANY WITH A VERY INTENSIVE PROGRAM TO LEARN AND HAVE FUN...

29 July 2024

WINE TOURISM DOES NOT REGARD ONLY WINE

LANDSCAPES, SPORTS, MONUMENTS AND CITIES OF ART, TYPICAL GASTRONOMY AND OF COURSE WINERIES WITH THE HOPE OF PARTICIPATING IN EXPERIENCES DIFFERENT FROM ALL THOSE HAD BEFORE

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Wine Tourism- Listening to the vineyards- Fattoria del Colle

We have always known that wine is not enough to generate wine tourism flows. We need a suggestive landscape, typical gastronomy and the presence of people with whom we can establish a relationship. More recently, with the exponential increase in tourist wineries (25,000), the most critical element is the proposal of experiences that are too similar to each other. In 96% of wineries, visitors visit the vat room and barrel room with an explanation of the production process followed by a tasting. It is only the size and importance of the latter that varies. This is why Roberta Garibaldi tells us that 66% of visitors think that the experiences in the cellar are all similar and there is a real risk that they will get bored.

But offering different experiences capable of teaching while having fun is possible, Donatella Cinelli Colombini shows us how.

TAILORED EXPERIENCES FOR EVERY TYPE OF WINE TOURIST

Identity, authenticity and diversity are the three key words. Donatella Cinelli Colombini invites you to her wineries at Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino and Fattoria del Colle in the Orcia DOC region to participate in unique and memorable experiences designed for different visitor targets.

28 June 2024

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OFFER: COMPARE THE TWO VERSIONS OF BRUNELLO 2019

Receive this proposal at home that includes 3 bottles of Brunello 2019 and 3 bottles of Brunello Prime Donne 2019 for €279.00

NEWS ON THE 2019 VINTAGE

This harvest has two surprising characteristics: on the day of harvest the vines were still in vegetation, an unusual circumstance that also occurred in 2010. As in that magical year, the grapes fro Brunello 2019 were excellent and abundant. An increasingly frequent characteristic with the new climate in which the vines find balance with a higher number of bunches than in the past, but we maintain a production per hectare of 60 quintals.

The 2019 Organic Brunello di Montalcino from Casato Prime Donne celebrates the effects of the new climate which has especially rewarded the cooler areas of Brunello. The northern area of the Montalcino hill, where Casato Prime Donne is located, has always been considered the humid and less sunny side. A circumstance that was once a misfortune and is now however a fortune because, together with the richness of clay that makes the soil cold, it allows a gradual maturation of the grapes even in the current hot summers.

Brunello di Montalcino 2019 e Brunello di Montalcino Prime Donne 2019

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRUNELLO AND BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE

Brunello and Brunello Prime Donne are born in the first Italian winery with an entirely female workforce. Brunello Prime Donne, however, is the first long-aging red created for female consumers. Every year 4 super experts taste all of Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s Brunello and choose the barrels or tonneaux in which to mature it as well as the final blend. They are the Masters of Wine, Rosemary George and Madeleine Stenwreth, the wine shop owner Astrid Schwarz and the Sommelier Daniela Scrobogna. Therefore, based on their decisions, Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s winemakers create Brunello Prime Donne which is generally the most structured and is produced only in the best harvests.

THE RATINGS OF THE TWO VERSIONS SPEAK CLEAR

31 May 2024

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OFFER: NEW SANCHIMENTO WITH ROSSO DI MONTALCINO

A proposal that includes a wine from each of Donatella’s farms: 6 bottles of Sanchimento and 6 bottles of Rosso di Montalcino at your home for €219.00

The Sanchimento 2023 from Fattoria del Colle is a real treat for lovers of Donatella Cinelli Colombini wines. It is partly produced in amphora as was done in antiquity. This is a very small series of only 1200 bottles. The Rosso di Montalcino by Casato Prime Donne, on the other hand, is a wine already known and appreciated by international wine critics. This offer proposes something new to discover, and a confirmation!!

Two wines to drink now, without having to wait. Two fresh wines with an extraordinary aromatic richness.

THE NEW SANCHIMENTO 2023 BIO IN ORANGE VERSION

Sanchimento comes from organic Traminer grapes and, in the cellar, is produced according to organic protocols. The particular production process of this wine is the result of the creativity of Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s three oenologists, who in three years of experimentation have developed a method capable of enhancing the characteristics of the vine, increasing the complexity of the wine and giving it distinctive characteristics.

Upon their arrival in the cellar, the grapes are cooled in small baskets then a quarter of them are fermented in terracotta amphorae from Impruneta with the orange system, i.e. with the skins and without the addition of yeasts. The wine remains closed in the jar almost until bottling when it is combined with Sanchimento produced with the traditional method.

23 April 2024

ONLY FOR THE CLUB: ORGANIC BRUNELLO 2018 “LATE VINTAGE RELEASE”

The proposal includes 6 bottles of Brunello di Montalcino 2018 late vintage release, each numbered and wrapped to be received directly at your home at a cost of €297.00

DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI PRESENTS YOU WITH A SMALL SERIES OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2018 FROM CASATO PRIME DONNE OF GREAT QUALITY AND WITH AGING POTENTIAL

In 2018 a small quantity of grapes and then of wine was jealously kept separate from the rest in 4 5-7hl French oak tonneaus and finally also in a 15hl barrel, until it was bottled on its own.

The refinement in the bottle made the superior quality to the rest of the 2018 “vintage” Brunello even more evident.

This is why Donatella Cinelli Colombini and her daughter Violante have decided to emphasize the exceptional nature of this Super Brunello, born as an “experiment” and that has become a small jewel of only 3000 bottles for enthusiasts looking for exclusivity to drink

HOW DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE BRUNELLO 2018 VINTAGE?

To distinguish it on the label, a golden stripe has been inserted on the base. These bottles will be numbered, wrapped one by one and marketed mainly in wooden crates. The price increase is minimal and only serves to highlight the difference.

4 April 2024

A SMALL SERIES OF 3000 NUMBERED BOTTLES OF BRUNELLO

DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI PRESENTS A SMALL SERIES OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2018 FROM THE CASATO PRIME DONNE WINERY WITH GREAT QUALITY AND AGING POTENTIAL...

28 March 2024

OFFER: BRUNELLO RISERVA 2015 AND 2016, COMPARE THESE 2 VINTAGES

A super offer of Riserva by Donatella Cinelli Colombini delivered directly to your home at €399.00...

5 March 2024