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BRUNELLO RISERVA 2013 TASTED BY ERIC GUIDO VINOUS

23 April 2024

ONLY FOR THE CLUB: ORGANIC BRUNELLO 2018 “LATE VINTAGE RELEASE”

The proposal includes 6 bottles of Brunello di Montalcino 2018 late vintage release, each numbered and wrapped to be received directly at your home at a cost of €297.00

DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI PRESENTS YOU WITH A SMALL SERIES OF BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2018 FROM CASATO PRIME DONNE OF GREAT QUALITY AND WITH AGING POTENTIAL

In 2018 a small quantity of grapes and then of wine was jealously kept separate from the rest in 4 5-7hl French oak tonneaus and finally also in a 15hl barrel, until it was bottled on its own.

The refinement in the bottle made the superior quality to the rest of the 2018 “vintage” Brunello even more evident.

This is why Donatella Cinelli Colombini and her daughter Violante have decided to emphasize the exceptional nature of this Super Brunello, born as an “experiment” and that has become a small jewel of only 3000 bottles for enthusiasts looking for exclusivity to drink

HOW DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE BRUNELLO 2018 VINTAGE?

To distinguish it on the label, a golden stripe has been inserted on the base. These bottles will be numbered, wrapped one by one and marketed mainly in wooden crates. The price increase is minimal and only serves to highlight the difference.

18 April 2024

GREEN WEEKEND WITH FORAGING AND BRUNELLO

MAY 3^rd to 5^th IN TUSCANY, AT THE FATTORIA DEL COLLE, FOR A WEEKEND WITH NATURE AND GREAT RED WINES: FORAGING IN THE FIELDS, WOODS AND GARDEN WITH OUTDOOR SNACK

vegetable garden with spontaneous herbs

When spring covers the Tuscan hills with a green blanket, walks have an extraordinary regenerating capacity. They call it landscape therapy and it is an antidote to the stress of our time.

This is especially true in places that keep their past intact, such as Fattoria del Colle, surrounded by the most beautiful countryside in the world, partly inscribed in the UNESCO heritage list precisely for its historicity and harmony: the Val d’Orcia and the Crete Senesi .

Added to this is the organic cultivation of the entire Colle farm (336 hectares) which allows you to walk, stop and collect herbs to eat in a preserved and respected nature. Last, but not least, the two cellars for the production of Premium wines intended for exclusive customers in 44 foreign markets: Brunello, Chianti Superiore, Orcia and Supertuscan. The visit to the production sites and the tasting, but also the pairing with delicious traditional dishes, in the Fattoria del Colle restaurant, complete a weekend dedicated to tradition and nature.

11 April 2024

SANCHIMENTO IGT TOSCANA BIANCO 2023

THE SANCHIMENTO WHITE WINE, A SMALL SERIES OF ONLY 1200 BOTTLES OF IGT SUPERTUSCAN BIO – ORGANIC THAT TAKES EXAMPLE FROM THE ORANGE TECHNIQUE.

The white wine “Sanchimento” from Fattoria del Colle is produced with grapes from the vineyard surrounding the Chapel of San Clemente (or Chimento as the Saint was called in the Middle Ages). It is a small plot of one hectare planted in 1989 with the Traminer variety at 404 meters above the sea, facing north, on a soil of marine sand and clay.

THE 2023 VINTAGE

2023 will be remembered for the rainfalls and the downy mildew that hit the red grape vineyards hard but spared the pink Traminer bunches. A poor harvest therefore, but with perfectly healthy grapes thanks to the assiduous care of the grape growers and also to the cool climate which gave the Sanchimento 2023 an extraordinary aromatic richness

4 April 2024

A SMALL SERIES OF 3000 NUMBERED BOTTLES OF BRUNELLO

29 March 2024

Donatella Cinelli Colombini

HAPPY EASTER

DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI TOGETHER WITH VIOLANTE, ENRICO, LORENZO AND THE EXTENDED GREAT FAMILY AT FATTORIA DEL COLLE AND CASATO PRIME DONNE SEND YOU THEIR BEST WISHES

Crucifixion- Giotto

This year I would like to combine my wishes for a happy Easter with a reflection on the importance of love.

We are living in a period of ferocious wars, the likes of which we have not seen for fifty years. There are people forced to emigrate because their lands no longer have water, but where these migrants arrive they are perceived as a threat and not welcomed as an opportunity. Feminicides in Italy occur at a rate of one every three days.

Don’t we know how to love anymore? Or do we underestimate the strength of <<The love that moves the sun and the other stars>> last verse of the Paradise and of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Yet by cultivating love, things could go much better and humanity could be much happier. It seems incredible, but giving love makes you happy, much more than receiving it.

I think this is the message of Easter, the one that Jesus sends by accepting to die on the cross to open the doors of Paradise for us: love more, love everyone, always love, even beyond death!

HAPPY EASTER

28 March 2024

OFFER: BRUNELLO RISERVA 2015 AND 2016, COMPARE THESE 2 VINTAGES

21 March 2024

WINE TOURISM IN SPRING

5 March 2024

THE CANADIAN MONOPOLY LCBO CELEBRATES WOMEN WITH BRUNELLO

THE CANADIAN MONOPOLY OF ONTARIO, THE VERY POWERFUL LCBO, CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WITH DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI’S BRUNELLO

Brunello di Montalcino 2018 Donatella Cinelli Colombini

LCBO, a monopoly of the state of Ontario, is one of the most important buyers in the world, with very large stores in Toronto and other cities. In March 2024 it puts the spotlight on the women of wine, spirits and beer. Celebrating their talent and stories

THE CASATO PRIME DONNE WINERY IS A SYMBOL OF FOR WINE IN THE WINE WORLD

In the LCBO newspaper there is a photo of Donatella and Violante and the story of the first Italian winery, with an entirely female staff. The episode that marks the birth of Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino dates back to 1998, when her parents entrusted Donatella with two portions of the family properties, in which to give birth to her new project and, they gifted her a small quantity of Brunello in barrels, to allow her to start her own commercial network.

For her, this wine was very important and so to take care of it Donatella needed an oenologist, so she called the oenology school in Siena, asking for the name of a good student to hire. They tell her no, there is a lot of demand and wine technicians must be booked years in advance. But when she asks for a female cellar manager the answer is different, they have a whole list because good cellars don’t want female managers.

1 March 2024

ROSSO DI MONTALCINO ACCOLADES FROM CRITICS AND CONSUMERS

FIRST THE HIGHEST SCORE FROM THE AIS SOMMELIER GUIDE VITAE AND NOW THE 92/100 FROM MICHAEL GODEL CANADIAN SUPER TASTER, ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2021 IS A STAR

Incredible! Donatella Cinelli Colombini‘s Rosso di Montalcino 2021 continues to obtain awards from the most qualified tasters and steals the show from Brunello.

The commercial success is confirmed by super experts who emphasize the drinkable and at the same time elegant character of a young wine but capable of showing the world-class virtues of Sangiovese from Montalcino.

For Donatella Cinelli Colombini it is a great satisfaction because Rosso di Montalcino is a wine made by her winemakers alone, without external consultants. Donatella’s wineries – Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino and Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda – are the first in Italy with an all-female staff and pride themselves on always seeking faithful interpretations of the terroir and vintage. A “light oenology” as Professor Luigi Moio defined it, which leaves nature a leading role and the cellar staff the task of preserving the gifts of the vineyard without changing anything.

Here a super harvest like 2021 reveals its merits in the Rosso di Montalcino which heralds a great Brunello from the same vintage.

So, let’s go and see the reviews

23 February 2024

OFFER: BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE 2019 AND CENERENTOLA ORCIA DOC 2019- 2 LEADER WINES IN PREVIEW

15 February 2024

94+ 92 AND 92 FROM ROBERT PARKER FOR DONATELLA’S NEW BRUNELLOS

8 February 2024

97/100 FROM JAMES SUCKLING FOR IOsonoDonatella 2016

SUCKLING AWARDS WITH 97/100 THE BRUNELLO WHICH DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI CREATED TO TELL HER STORY. PRODUCED IN ONLY 180 BOTTLES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN

By Donatella Cinelli Colombini #winedestination

IoSonoDonatella 2016 – 97/100 by James Suckling

An extraordinary vintage like 2016, a super selection of 180 bottles sold only inside a box containing a flight of 3 vintages of Brunello IOsonoDonatella 2013, 2015 and 2016. The latter has a particularity: it has a “pedigree”, which means it is certified with the names of all those who have owned it. Obviously the first signature belongs to Donatella Cinelli Colombini and the certificate serves to trace the wine as if it were an important painting.

It is the desire to create something rare, precious and exclusive, in addition to the intrinsic quality of the wine that brings IOsonoDonatella Brunello into the field of collector’s wines. A quality that is confirmed by the stellar score given by James Suckling, the critic who, among wine journalists of global stature, is the one who most addresses consumers who are always in search of precious wine gems.

1 February 2024