Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2021

Podere Giodo | Tuscany
Podere Giodo | Az. Agr. Ferrini Bianca | Via San Marino 2/A/3 | IT 50100 Firenze

29602221 · 0,75 l · 198,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

The name is a tribute. Giodo – composed of Giovanna and Donatello, the names of his parents. Carlo Ferrini, one of Italy's most important Oenologist, has dedicated his life to Sangiovese – as a consultant for estates from Montalcino to Etna and as the designer of some of the most influential wines in Tuscany over the last three decades. It was not a question of if he would found his own winery at some point, but when. In 2002, he found it: ten hectares in Sant'Angelo in Colle, south-west Montalcino, seven of them woodland, three for the vine. And the vine here is exclusively Sangiovese – 15 carefully selected clones, planted with the patience of a man who knows that great wines are not made, but accompanied.

Today, Bianca Ferrini runs the winery together with her father – and Riccardo Ferrari, cellar master and life partner. A small, precise team that thinks of each vintage as a whole: 4 hectares at 360 metres, south-eastern exposure, medium-heavy, skeleton-rich soil, 6,600 plants per hectare, 60 quintals yield. Hand-picked, 20 days of maceration in steel and cement, délestage halfway through fermentation. Then the crucial work: careful selection of the individual barrels in the cellar – around 30 months of ageing in wood, followed by six months in cement and 12 months in the bottle. 7,000 bottles. That's all there is to it.

Deep, bright ruby red in the glass. The nose is exceptional: violets, ripe cherry, raspberry, citrus peel, tobacco, a hint of earth and lavender – everything is precise, nothing overpowering. Dry on the palate, with an acidity that supports the wine like a backbone, velvety, fine-grained tannins and a final of great length and tension. Montalcino in its purest form – no spectacle, no effect. Just Sangiovese that knows exactly where it comes from. SUPERIORE.DE