Podere Salicutti
Brunello di Montalcino Sorgente
Podere Salicutti was founded by Francesco Leanza, and then transitioned with the utmost care to Felix and Sabine Eichbauer who carry on the tradition of winemaking with humility, maturity, and conviction. As the first organically certified estate in Montalcino with vines dating back to 1994, Salicutti prides itself on wines that showcase the uninhibited brilliance of its terroir.
In the Tuscany region of Italy, the 11-hectare property includes 4.5 hectares of vines sitting at 420-500 meters in elevation with Sangiovese that grow on three adjoining plots — Teatro, Sorgente, and Piaggione. With manual tending of the vines and calcareous soil during the spring months followed by a meticulous harvest, each cluster is hand-picked at its ideal ripeness. A focus on fostering typicity and the fullest expression of Podere Salicutti’s strengths results in uniquely beautiful and complex wines that never fail to delight.
Tasting Notes
Ripe red cherry, sweet molasses, herbs and candied violet on the complex nose and palate. Fresh with elegant acidity and remarkable density and concentration of fruit, featuring slowly rising tannins on the long and complex finish. Good things will come to those who are able to resist opening for some time.
Cultivation
Manual harvest from the Vigna della Sorgente vineyard, yield of 25 hl/ha.
Vinification
Fermentation with natural yeasts in stainless steel at 28°C for 20 days.
Aging
Aged in French oak barrels of varying capacities and strength for three years followed by 12 months of bottle aging.
Press
2018:
95 points - Wine Spectator
2017:
97 points - James Suckling
94 points - Antonio Galloni
93 points - Wine Enthusiast
2016:
93 points - Wine Spectator
93 points - Wine Enthusiast
92 points - Robert Parker
91 points - Antonio Galloni
2015:
96 points - Antonio Galloni
93 points - Wine Spectator
92 points - Robert Parker
APPELLATION
DOCG Brunello di Montalcino
VARIETAL
100% Sangiovese
ABV
15%
ALTITUDE
450 meters
SOIL
Sandy limestone and dense sandy clay
PHILOSOPHY
Biodynamic
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
2,650 bottles