Brunello di Montalcino DOCG "donkey back" 2015 Mastrojanni

SIZE: 0.75 Litre bottle.

ORIGIN: Tuscany.

GRAPES: 100% Sangiovese.

GRADATION: 15% vol.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: Temperature between 12/18°C.

STORAGE METHODS: In a cool place away from sunlight.

PRODUCER: Loreto and San Pio Estates - Castelnuovo dell'Abate Montalcino (Siena).

SPECIFIC NOTES: Contains sulphites.

Since 1975, Mastrojanni has been making history with its wines, collecting awards all over the world. And in those years, there were very few people who began a winemaking adventure in Montalcino. Today, thanks to an exceptional terroir and to men who have believed in it for decades, Mastrojanni is one of the Brunello di Montalcino companies most respected by connoisseurs. These places have been sparsely populated and cultivated throughout human history: the land is therefore virgin, clean, free from any pollutant that, at the hands of man, could have disfigured it. In this land, in 1975, the lawyer Gabriele Mastrojanni bought the San Pio and Loreto estates and decided to plant the first vines that still produce our wines today. Others before him, starting with the pioneer Biondi-Santi, had had the same experience and the territory had responded clearly that the best vine for these lands is Sangiovese Grosso. Mastrojanni, wanting to make a great Brunello, planted almost exclusively Sangiovese. In those same years Maurizio Castelli, still our winemaker today, became the company's reference consultant. The Mastrojanni family, who lived in Rome and occasionally came to Montalcino, decided to trust Andrea Machetti who offered to follow the company's evolution full time. Andrea started in 1992 and his passionate work allowed Mastrojanni to grow abroad and in production, perhaps beyond the lawyer's initial dream. Today he is a reference person for the company and the Illy group.Andrea Machetti took over the reins of the company in 1992 to transform it into one of the most respected producers of Montalcino. A man of few words, he now knows every vine in the company deeply, Andrea is always there, following every little detail and he knows that this is the only way to make a great wine: to be at his service. Maurizio Castelli, a world-famous winemaker for his great wines, is like Andrea and like all of us an “anti-interventionist”: he tries to let the wine do its own evolution, dictated by its nature. But it is clear that a winemaker is like a doctor, and must understand when there is a problem and know how to cure it. His trick, like that of the best doctors, is “prevention”. That is, working in advance, through careful and continuous presence in the company and systematic checks to preserve the wine. Thanks to the approach given by Andrea and Maurizio, Mastrojanni wines continue to be an excellence of the Montalcino territory.