Brunello di Montalcino “Ugolforte” DOCG 2021 (BIO)

Tenuta San Giorgio | Tuscany
Collemassari S.p.A. s.a. | Via Di Porta Pinciana 6 | IT 00187 Roma

29642221 · 0,75 l · 57,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

Ugolforte was a resistance fighter. In the 12th century, he led the people of Montalcino against the Sienese occupying forces – a local hero whose name lives on to this day: in a Brunello. The most striking contradiction dates back to 2010. That was when Tenuta San Giorgio began officially supplying the Ugolforte to the Pontifical Swiss Guard – that 500-year-old corps which guards the Pope in the Vatican. The shared values, says the estate, and the symbol of St George himself – virtue and courage, good over evil – , guided the decision. The wine of the medieval rebel in the service of Christendom’s oldest army.

The estate is situated in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, in the south-east of Montalcino, overlooking the Val d’Orcia. The soils are complex: dense clay for depth and colour brilliance, porous tuff for freshness and body, and iron-rich red soils at the highest elevations for slow, even ripening. Organically farmed, hand-harvested, with vines aged between 20 and 25 years at altitudes of 250 to 400 metres. In the cellar, the estate’s philosophy is evident: slow fermentation, extended ageing in large Slavonian oak barrels, and minimal intervention.

2021 was a classic vintage in Montalcino – dried herbs, minerality, fine tannins, a long, juicy finish. A brilliant ruby red. On the nose: cherry, wild herbs, spices and minerality. On the palate, full-bodied yet of medium body, supported by fine tannins and lively freshness, with a long, elegant finish. A Brunello with the character of its name – — powerful yet silky at the same time. SUPERIORE.DE