Brunello di Montalcino
Language: Italian
Description: "Little dark one of Montalcino." A highly regarded, strong, long-lived red wine from Montalcino in Tuscany. It is high in tannin and is made from Brunello grapes, a clone of Sangiovese Grosso. The wine spends at least 3½ years in wooden barrels and is required to have at least 12.5% alcohol. After five years in barrels it may be called 'riserva' and is one of Italy's great red wines. (DOCG).
Pronounced: broo-NEHL-loh dee mon-tahl-CHEE-noh
Gender: N/A
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Most frequent region: Tuscany
See places: Italian food and cuisine, Tuscan food and cuisine, Montalcino
See drinks, wines etc: Brunello di Montalcino, Moscadello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino, Sangiovese
See: denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
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