Collection: Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG ranks among Italy's most prestigious appellations and is one of the great Sangiovese expressions in Toscana. The wines come from southern Toscana with the town of Montalcino as their focal point, located in the province of Siena. It is a landscape and a tradition that give these red wines their very own character.

What makes Brunello special is the grape. The wine is made exclusively from Sangiovese, here the local clone called Brunello, historically associated with Sangiovese Grosso. It is this powerful structure that allows the style to carry many years of maturation and continue to develop in the bottle. In the glass you meet a full-bodied and structured red wine with an aromatic profile that leans toward the forest-like and smoky, carried by clear notes of black cherry. These are dark fruits and an earthy depth rather than light, red tones, and it is precisely this that gives the Riserva wines their seriousness and remarkable longevity.

The quality levels reflect patience. Where a standard Brunello di Montalcino DOCG must be matured for at least 5 years from harvest (of which at least 2 years in cask and at least 4 months in bottle), a Riserva must be matured for at least 6 years from harvest, of which likewise at least 2 years in cask and at least 6 months in bottle. The cask ageing may take place in large, traditional Slavonian oak casks or in smaller French barriques, as the rules do not prescribe a particular type. If you want a younger and earlier-released version from the same zone, Rosso di Montalcino DOC is the natural counterpart.

At Copenhagen Wine we carry Brunello di Montalcino Riserva from this one delimited appellation in Italien. This is where the grape and the terroir belong, and it is from here that our entire selection originates. If you are looking for a Tuscan red wine with depth, structure and time behind it, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a natural place to begin.