Tuscany, Italy
Perched on the highest hill in the rugged Northwest corner of Montalcino, Castello di Romitorio stands like a guardian over the Brunello DOCG zone. Renowned painter and sculptor Sandro Chia acquired the property in 1984 and today Sandro’s son Filippo Chia is the owner and winemaker of the estate. The Romitorio vineyards are small plots of land amongst hectares of virgin woods, interspersed with streams and pools of crystal clear water, a completely unspoiled landscape with fossil rich galestro, clay, and albarese soil. The wines produced here are rich in minerality and purity of fruit, with unequaled elegance and refinement. The Romitorio landscape is a wild and diverse area of Montalcino characterized by slopes that receive less sun and where average temperatures are colder than the rest of the appellation. As the desire for heavy, concentrated wines has receded and demand for lower alcohol, balanced wines with elegance and grace has emerged, these mature high altitude vineyards are able to produce some of the most exceptional wines of the entire region. Castello Romitorio uses a delicate combination of large barrels and French oak for long, patient aging where the wood is never the star, but a supporting actor in the evolution of the wine. Aging in barrels is followed by the necessary rest in the bottle, which far exceeds the minimum time as dictated by the DOCG regulations.
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