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Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 'Le Macioche' 2016 (750 ml.) - Famiglia Cotarella
Brunello di Montalcino 'Le Macioche' by Cotarella Family is a label that confirms itself at the top of national and international criticism. Made from 100% Sangiovese grapes, with vines over 25 years old in vineyards located about 450 meters above sea level. Harvested strictly by hand, followed by careful vinification, whose final phase of aging lasts 3 years spent in large oak barrels. Wild plum and hints of musk and juniper welcome the palate, ending in a clean and deep drink, with an elegant and long sip. Vigorous red that enjoys an important but balanced tannic structure, with a long finish. An unmistakable and unmistakable label for tone and sincerity, a must try in combination with classic Tuscan meat dishes.
- Product Category
- Red Wine
- Designation
- Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Grape / Raw material
- sangiovese
- Vintage - Cuvée
- 2016
- Size
- 750 ml.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- IT - Tuscany
- Alcohol Content
- 14.5% vol.
- Service Temperature
- 16° – 18° C.
- Suggested Glass
- Large calyx with a long stem
- Food Matches
- All Meal, Roasted Beef, Stewed Meat, Aged Cheese, Mixed cold cuts, Red Meat, Rice & Risotto
- Allergens
- Contains sulphites (by sulphites we mean the sulphur dioxide that is added to wine, to preserve it, thanks to its disinfectant, antioxidant and stabilizing action)
CTR-BRUNELLO-2016
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The link between the Cotarella Family and the world of wine originated in the 1960s, when Antonio and Domenico Cotarella, winemakers in Monterubiaglio, a hamlet in the municipality of Castel Viscardo in the province of Terni, built the first winery for their own wine production. . The brothers Renzo and Riccardo Cotarella, both winemakers who grew up in a land of long winemaking traditions, driven by the passion of their father Domenico, then founded the current "Falesco" in 1979, transforming what used to be a small family business into a wine company. successful, to be left to later generations.
It is here, between Umbria and Lazio, that wines of unquestionable charm are born, characterized by a contemporary style and at the same time characterized by a particular longevity. Wines that in a few decades have become ambassadors of Italian wine in the world.
The company currently extends over an area planted with vines covering approximately 280 hectares, to which a further ninety hectares currently rented should be added. In a hilly area characterized by soils of volcanic origin, both autochthonous and international grapes are cultivated, whereby among the rows we find plants of aleatico, trebbiano, malvasia, verdicchio, sangiovese and vermentino, and again of merlot, syrah, viognier and cabernet. Bunches bred in full respect of the environment and ecosystem, which in the cellar are processed using the most modern and advanced oenological instruments, always used without ever distorting what the terroir and the season have come to express in the fruit.
Address:
Cotarella family, Loc. San Pietro - 05020 Montecchio (TR), Italy
Color: ruby red tending to garnet
Bouquet: intense, rich and complex, of slightly dried black fruit, black cherries, tobacco, Mediterranean scrub and sweet spices
Taste: robust, powerful, intense and structured, with elegance, balance and persistence.
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Brunello di Montalcino 'Le Macioche' by Cotarella Family is a label that confirms itself at the top of national and international criticism. Made from 100% Sangiovese grapes, with vines over 25 years old in vineyards located about 450 meters above sea level. Harvested strictly by hand, followed by careful vinification, whose final phase of aging lasts 3 years spent in large oak barrels. Wild plum and hints of musk and juniper welcome the palate, ending in a clean and deep drink, with an elegant and long sip. Vigorous red that enjoys an important but balanced tannic structure, with a long finish. An unmistakable and unmistakable label for tone and sincerity, a must try in combination with classic Tuscan meat dishes.
THE WINE
Le Macioche is a Montalcino winery active since the early 1980s and today managed by the Cotarella family, in particular by the three cousins Dominga, Enrica and Marta. In this entirely female management, the spirit, experience and efficiency of one of the most important families in the history of wine in Italy are embodied, which translate into the concrete production of high quality labels. The Le Macioche winery was founded by the Mazzocchi family, choosing a name which, in the Sienese dialect, indicates the roots of the strawberry tree, a plant very present on the estate. Starting from the 2017 harvest, the production bears the signature of the important Cotarella family, which in the meantime has converted the entire estate to organic farming. All the vines were planted in the early 1980s and rest on hilly terrain rich in clay, with outcrops of marl rocks. These conditions, together with the altitude of 450 meters and the south-east and south-west exposures, contribute to the production of Sangiovese grapes with great potential. The top-level winemaking management translates this great potential into high expressions of the territory: wines with character, substance and structure, always marked by elegance and balance. Le Macioche wines strongly and confidently express the personality that Sangiovese assumes in the Montalcino area. The Brunello labels are austere, important and rich in extract, with the typical aromatic richness of the southern side of the appellation. These are reds aged in large oak barrels, as tradition dictates, and which require a long refinement in the bottle to express themselves at their best. The ability of the Cotarella family is clearly recognizable by the desire to adapt the great oenological skills to the typicality of the Ilinese territory, focusing on uncompromising quality and achieving great results.