Brunello is produced in Montalcino, the best place in the world to grow the Sangiovese variety. A grape grown in Montalcino for hundreds and maybe thousands of years. Thanks to the climate and the soil, it has taken on specific characteristics: it produce a low yield of grapes, with small clusters and small berries. For this reason it is possible to create, in Montalcino, a great red wine apt for a long ageing such as Brunello, using only one variety: Sangiovese.  Brunello is the Italian wine that remains the longest in the cellar; it goes on sale four and a half years after the harvest, of theses at least two must be in oak barrels.

Casato Prime Donne is a property of 40 hectares of which almost half of vineyard in the Sangiovese variety. The cultivation is organic, certified since 2018. It is located in the north of Montalcino where the climate is cooler and the soils are colder and rich in clay.

RATINGS 2016:

• 95 Wine Advocate – Robert Parker
• 94 Wine Spectator
• 94 James Suckling
• 93 Vinous – Antonio Galloni
• 91 Wine Enthusiast
• Gold medal – Merano Wine Festival 2021

RATINGS 2017:

• 93 Wine Spectator
• 93 Wine Advocate by Robert Parker
• 92 James Suckling
• 90 Vinous – Antonio Galloni

RATINGS 2018:

• 93 James Suckling
• 93 Wine Advocate by Robert Parker
• 93 Wine Enthusiast
• 92 + Vinous – Eric Guido
• 91 Wine Spectator

RATINGS 2019:

• 95 Wine Enthusiast
• 94 James Suckling
• 94 Michael Godel – Wine Align
• 93 Wine Spectator
• 93 Wine Advocate
• 92 Vinous – Eric Guido

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