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Wine: Red Montalcino celebrates 40 years of Red and relaunches on growth and quality

On June 21st, tastings with 67 producers and workshops on development and sales prospects and pairings with local products. The list of 67 producers present at the event.

Wine: Red Montalcino celebrates 40 years of Red and relaunches on growth and quality

This year, Rosso di Montalcino blows out 40 candles, a versatile and contemporary expression of a wine territory known throughout the world for the highly celebrated Brunello di Montalcino of which it is the younger but not second-rate brother, from which it differs mainly due to the period for release for consumption: for the Rosso no earlier than 1 September of the year following the harvest, for the Brunello no earlier than five years following the harvest and six for the Riserva version. In the past, this difference has weighed on the judgment of the market which has turned its attention to Brunello more than to Rosso.

With Red Montalcino the event dedicated to the Red of the denomination, the Rosso di Montalcino which will be held in pop version in the medieval fortress of the Tuscan village on Friday 21 Juneo the Brunello di Montalcino wine consortium aims to turn the spotlight on food and wine experts, specialists and the public on intrinsic qualities of this wine which has a lot to tell.

On June 21st, tastings with 67 producers and workshops on development and sales prospects

“Red Montalcino – he declared Fabrizio Bindocci, president of the Consortium – wants to mark the beginning of a path of growth and valorisation of Rosso di Montalcino. The desire of the producers is in fact to raise the bar more and more and make great red wines, be they Brunello or Rosso di Montalcino. The latter, in particular, is enjoying considerable success abroad due to its pleasantness and versatility in combinations. We must give him the space he deserves."

To open the program of the event, "Red Evolution: origins and future of Rosso di Montalcino", the talk moderated by Barbara Di Fresco in the Cloister of Sant'Agostino which through the voices of Enzo Tiezzi, Andrea Costanti and Francesco Ripaccioli retraces the first forty years of the denomination and takes stock of the prospects and new trends of an identifying product for a look that looks from the past to the future of the DOC. 

At 18pm the Fortezza also opens its doors to wine enthusiasts for the usual walk around tasting with 68 companies. We continue with the opening of the food corners offering regional, vegan and fusion gastronomic specialties (20pm), the collective wine shop with sommelier service and the mixology area with local products (22pm). To close Red Montalcino under the stars, the DJ set by Jay Carol Gigli of the Jas&Jay duo.

THE 67 PRODUCERS

1 Abbadia Ardenga

2 Albatretes

3 Argiano

4 Armilla

5 Banfi

6 Camigliano

7 Canalicchio di Sopra

8 Montalcino winery

9 Hut

10 Ricci huts Ricci holdings

11 Caparzo

12 Caprili

13 Carpineto

14 Casanova by Neri

15 Casanuova delle Cerbaie

16 Romitorio Castle

17 Castiglion del Bosco

18 Onyx Quarry

19 Celestino Pecci

20 Chiusa Grossa

21 Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona

22 Col d'Orcia

23 Collemattoni

24 Cortonesi

25 Elia Palazzesi

26 Infantrymen

27 Facts

28 Pine Farm

29 Fossacolle

30 Franco Pacenti

31 The Poggione

32 Innocents

33 The Furnace

34 The Gerla

35 The Aietta

36 Lisini

37 Mastrojanni

38 Mocali

39 Palace

40 Patrizia Cencioni

41 Pian delle Vigne

42 Stone

43 Piombaia

44 Podere Giardino

45 Podernuovo

46 Poggio Antico

47 Poggio dell'Aquila

48 Poggio di Sotto

49 Quercecchio

50 Ridolfi

51 Roberto Cipresso

52 San Polino

53 San Polo

54 Sanlorenzo

55 Sassetti Livio

56 Scopone

57 Sixth Above

58 Sixths

59 Talents

60 Rates

61 Sesta estate

62 Tenuta San Giorgio

63 Tiezzi

64 Aviary – Aviary

65 Suga Valley

66 Fan

67 Villa Poggio Salvi

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