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20 May 2021

TRADITION ATTRACTS VISITORS AND CUSTOMERS MORE THAN INNOVATION

Which wineries attract wine tourists the most? Do they like more traditional food or that of technologically advanced companies?

Farmhouse food beats technologically advanced food

by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Many will answer <<famous wineries>> and it is true. Wine super brands are strong magnets for wine lovers. But among the various types of wineries it is not the masterpieces of the archistars or the giant and innovative creations that enter the hearts of visitors but the boutique cellars where everything speaks of the producer’s passion in grasping the magic of nature transforming it into unique nectar different from any other.

FARMHOUSE FOOD BEATS TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED FOOD

Tradition and manual care are the most appreciated things. If you ask the wine tour guides they will tell you that if visitors see the producer come out of the vineyard dirty with soil to welcome them … that’s it, customers will fall in love with him.

tradition and manual care win on technology in front of turists’ eyes. Violante Cinelli Colombini in the Brunello vineyard.

For this reason it is always better to begin the guided tour of the winery from the barrel ageing area rather than from the areas where steel and technology are the protagonists, such as the fermentation room or the packaging area.

In fact, already in her second Report on Food and Wine Tourism Roberta Garibaldi noted that the charm exercised by ancient traditions was an element capable of standing out above others: in her survey, the greatest increases in interest were recorded in historic restaurants and cafes, the tasting of typical dishes in their area of origin.
All trends that have been amplified by the epidemic, the lockdown and forced quarantine in the city. The Nomisma-UniCredit Tourism Observatory, in partnership between Enit for the “Made4Italy” project, has highlighted the growing importance of the “Food experience” during a trip and how it is increasingly linked to the territory, culture and local traditions. For this reason, 28% of the hospitality facilities are preparing food and wine tours on the territory to allow tourists to enter typical wineries and food workshops while 24% will offer menus based on local products and raw materials “farm to table”.

AGRICOLTURE AND WINE BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION

Agriculture and wine in Europe face great challenges: green-deal, next generation, Farm to Fork, Biodiversity … innovation is an obligatory path but they must remain faithful to themselves and to their roots if they do not want to lose charm and customers.
The Nomisma-Agrifood Monitor survey in collaboration with Crif shows us how 45% of Italians perceive the agri-food products of “traditional” companies as superior to those of technologically advanced companies. There is even an 18% willing to pay more in order to have genuine farm food. But at the same time a majority share of consumers (54%) calls for agriculture to take a step forward in the name of sustainability and therefore of innovation.

14 May 2021

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

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CLUB OFFER OF 6 MIXED WINES

6 different wines for two memorable dinners: IGT Supertuscan white and rosé. Doc Orcia Cenerentola, Brunello IOsonoDonatella, highly rated Vin Santo and Passito

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Exclusive wines real rarities made in limited number of bottles. Family wines obtained from the grapes from the vineyards belonging to Donatella Cinelli Colombini and aged in the Casato Prime Donne winery in Montalcino and in the Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda, Tuscany. Wines destined to the more demanding of wine lovers and to those who want to experience unique moments enjoying extraordinary and rare bottles. These will be delivered directly to your home.

3 WINES FOR A ROMANTIC DINNER

– 1 bottle of Sanchimento IGT Toscana Bianco 2020 Biologico, organic, in preview (a series of 2.000 bottles)

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– 1 bottle of Cenerentola Orcia Doc 2017, dreaming of the Val d’Orcia while waiting to come back to Tuscany (series of 9.300 bottles)

– 1 bottle of Passito IGT Toscana 2017, 0,375lt, to be served cool together with a creamy dessert … (series of 346 bottles)

3 WINES FOR A MEMORABLE DINNER

– 1 bottle of Rosa di Tetto IGT Toscana Rosé 2019, because a “Pink wine” is the best way to begin a great night (series of 2.000 bottles)
– 1 bottle of IOsonoDONATELLA Brunello di Montalcino 2012, the most important wine produced by Donatella. The very last bottles available that we hope will be opened in special occasions (series of 800 bottles)
– 1 bottle of Vin Santo del Chianti DOC 2008, 0,75lt to end with a sweet bang … if you do not finish the bottle there is no problem, because Vin Santo can be kept for months with its original cork as a closure (series of 600 bottles)

5 May 2021

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

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WHAT DOES WINE DESTINATION MEAN

Fattoria del Colle is a wine destination that attracts those desiring real and different experiences with wine. Here I explain what it is and why it is liked so much

Wine destination: new winery of Fattoria del Colle in Tuscany

by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Those who think that only wine superstars attract visitors are wrong. Obviously, the more that winery is important and exclusive, the easier it is for them to attract visitors. Any wine lover, from the remotest place on the earth, will pack their bags and set off if they receive an invitation to visit Lafite or Romanée Conti. But the wine lover that comes to Tuscany maybe finds fascinating the idea of spending a day at Fattoria del Colle experiencing different activities that can enrich their knowledge in an old and authentic location. Mostly because they have the possibility of enjoying unique and moving moments.

WINE DESTINATIONS IN ITALY AND IN THE WORLD

Wine destination: spumante brut metodo classico sparkling wine – Fattoria del Colle – Tuscany

Let us begin with some facts so as to understand the importance of standing out. If you look for wine destination on Google you will find nearly 150 million content pages. In the first page there are many lists and it is worthwhile to read them so as to understand what attracts a wine lover to one area with respect to another.
Vine Pair proposes a list with the first 10 wine destinations in the world. In first position is Paso Robles in California, followed by Valle de Guadalupe in Mexico and Piedmont in Virginia.
Europeanbestdestinations.com puts l’Alentajo in Portugal, followed by Bordeaux and the Valle del Douro on the podium.
Booking puts the Italian wine regions in a row for the first three positions Valdobbiadene, Barbaresco e Bolgheri.

WHAT MUST A WINE DESTINATION HAVE

As you can see the tourist wine destination are present all over the world and so it is not enough to offer a tour through the barrels with an explanation of the production method of the appellation of the area, to intercept visitors. One must concentrate on what makes the winery stand out. Wineries have very different characters: some of them have strong points in the prestige and in the old beauty, as in Champagne, in other cases the major attractions are the new facilities of the star architects as in Chile.

28 April 2021

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Brunello 2001 and 2004 retrospective tasting: just like with films

Two articles that help us enjoy the Brunello 2001 and 2004 guided by Eric Guido from Vinous and Monty Waldin from Decanter and the ratings are very high

Brunello di Montalcino Prime Donne 2013 – Donatella Cinelli Colombini

by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Two articles and two tastings to understand the evolution of Brunello, from a wine conceived to defy time to a wine that must associate longevity and youthful pleasantness. This is the passage from “Biondi Santi philosophy” to the new style in a large number of Montalcino producers.

THE TWENTIETH YEAR IS THE REVEALING ONE REGARDING LONGEVITY

Eric Guido, a super taster of Italian wines for Vinous, has tasted the Brunello 2001 explaining the reason behind such a choice <<So why twenty years? Why not ten or thirty? Because, in my opinion, it is the twenty-year mark that proves the potential of a Brunello vintage. At ten years, a classically structured vintage is still in its adolescent stages (think 2010). At thirty years, only the best wines will still be drinking well (think 1990). However, at twenty years, you can assess from a broad range of producers if the vintage is ready to drink now, drink soon, or continue to stash away in your cellar>>.

HOW THE BRUNELLO PHILISOPHY HAS CHANGED DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS

As has happened to me, during the last 20 years, many producers from Montalcino have gone through a great evolution. They have returned to a stronger rapport with the vineyard and to the use of larger barrels. The producers who had maintained a more traditional style even when the critics rewarded the Brunello aged in barriques and coming from vineyards in the warmer parts of Montalcino have been at an advantage.

23 April 2021

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OFFER: ROSSO, BRUNELLO AND CHIANTI CLASSICO

3 bottles from Montalcino and 3 bottles from Chianti Classico united by the friendship between two young wine producers Violante Cinelli Colombini and Sofia Ruhne

Violante Cinelli Colombini and Sofia Ruhne from Terreno winery with their fine red wines

This is a curious friendship because Violante Cinelli Colombini was born and works in Montalcino, while Sofia Ruhne is Swedish but she too was brought up in Tuscany. Sofia was only seven years old when her family who were in the waterborne transport business when her parents Mats and Birgitta decided to buy their first vineyards in Tuscany.
Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti Classico are two fine red wines that have made Tuscany famous all over the world. Two appellations that use the most representative variety in Tuscany, Sangiovese, creating wines of different territorial identity but both high quality wines with great cellaring ability.

The Ruhne family buys the estate called Terreno in Chianti Classico in 1988 but also the “The Winery Hotel” is part of the property and today they are both run by Sofia. In this hotel situated in Stockholm guest can see all the phases of wine production thanks to the fresh grapes arriving from Tuscany. <<Sweden’s first combined urban winery and concept hotel >>. An innovative and very ambitious project who’s objective is to increase wine culture and the number of impassioned wine lovers in Sweden.

The friendship between Violante and Sofia comes from their passion for fine red wines. A friendship that has deepened because both believe in respect for the environment: the Azienda Terreno produces only organic wines and those by Violante –from Fattoria del Colle and Casato Prime Donne are certified since 2018.

From their friendship comes the idea to propose to the members of the two estates’ wine clubs a mixed crate with wines from both wineries.

22 April 2021

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DOPOBARBA DELLA TITA FROM FARMACIA SALVIONI

Two stories from Montalcino, one about the Farmacia Salvioni that starts in 1499 and one about La Tita that tells of post war times, first in UK and then in the Brunello gardens, and a dedicated aftershave, il dopobarba della Tita

Roberto and Fabio Salvioni in their pharmacy in Montalcino

by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

What binds theses two stories that tell of the true spirit of the Brunello town, is the Dopobarba della Tita (Tita’s aftershave) that the Farmacia Salvioni has created among its cosmetic production range, as it has been done for centuries in the old dispensaries, to dedicate it to their most faithful client.

It seems like something normal but instead the story contains an old and noble tale.

THE FARMACIA SALVIONI AND ITS HISTORY SINCE 1499

The Farmacia Salvioni is in the old market square in Montalcino next to the Loggia, where vases, copper objects, vegetables, chicken and grains were sold.

Farmacia Salvioni in Montalcino: Dopobarba della Tita (Tita’s aftershave)

In 1499 in those 4 rooms used still today, Paolo Dei and Giacomo Marzuoli <<ilcinenses aromatarios in civitate ilcinea>>, were apothecaries, in other words pharmacists.

At the beginning of the 17th century the dispensary in the square changes hands it goes from the Tinelli family to the Angelini family and is active in the production of therapeutic preparations and of spices to cook with: pepper, almonds, isinglass … but also cakes such as pan pepato, copate and biricoccoli.

At the beginning of the 18th century the pharmacy changes hands several times until it is donated to the Ospedale di S. Maria della Croce who entrusts it to the young pharmacist Clemente Santi who later became the owner. The beautiful bronze mortar dated 1751 and with the coat of arms of S. Maria della Croce, still today proudly on show comes from that period.

In 1814 in the pharmacy we find his grandson, he too called Clemente Santi, with a degree in pharmacy from the University of Pisa where Giorgio Santi teaches natural history and has a fantastic reputation. Clemente was intellectual, very dynamic and with historic-artistic interests as well as agricultural ones, corresponds with the Accademia dei Georgofili, collaborates with the Giornale Agrario Toscano and can be considered one of the “founders” of the Brunello wine and of the Biondi Santi family.

14 April 2021

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

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REMOTE WORKING AMIDST NATURE AT FATTORIA DEL COLLE

The Wi-Fi has been boosted in the villas, apartments and rooms to allow those who want to work immersed in nature to alternate remote working on their pc with a regenerating holiday

Remote working and holiday in Tuscany at Fattoria del Colle

To work while looking at the vineyards and a landscape created by farmers in nearly one thousand years, in the silence of a magical countryside and maybe with a glass of Brunello in your hand, to be slowly sipped ….

This does not at all resemble the stressful idea of an engineer checking figures regarding reinforced concrete of the lawyer who is studying a case, but maybe the quality of the task will be even better. On the contrary maybe a big idea comes to mind, the solution to a problem!

REMOTE WORKING WITH VIEW AND HIKING

Remote working and holiday in Tuscany at Fattoria del Colle

To work in a beautiful territory allows one to regenerate and increase ones professional performances. Fattoria del Colle is in the most photographed countryside for advertisements and not only, in the whole world. Between the Val d’Orcia and the Crete Senesi. It has a restaurant that serves traditional Tuscan dishes. There is a banquet hall, where, Covid permitting, we can organize birthdays or graduation parties, but also tam building events and business meetings. There are themed hiking trails about nature and wine, 3 equipped parks, and a photography safari with the most beautiful of landscapes. Most importantly, the activity program proposes for each day more than one experience. In the surrounding areas many small cities of art: Cortona, Pienza, Montepulciano, Montalcino and just a little further Siena, Assisi, and Arezzo ….

EXPERIENCES WITH BRUNELLO AND FINE RED WINES

Obviously the most exceptional opportunities are for the lovers of fine red wines and of good food. There will be guided Brunello tastings in the Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino and in the Doc Orcia winery of Fattoria del Colle. Itinerant tastings that also regard the vineyards. Discover the small secrets regarding the Montalcino, Chianti Superiore and Supertuscan wines also during the guided tastings. There is a proposal for a Vertical tasting of older Brunello vintages or the “Winemaker for a day” where each participant prepares their own Supertuscan wine, to be labelled and taken home and enjoyed with friends.

9 April 2021

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

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GREEN HOLIDAYS AT FATTORIA DEL COLLE

E-station for electric cars, organic vineyards and olive groves, solar panels, vegetable garden with Tuscan edible wild plants … for safe holidays in contact with nature

The novelty is the E-station for electric cars the more eco-friendly guests will find right upon arrival at Fattoria del Colle. It is by the Italian company E-Station and has a maximum charge of 22 kW with a Type 2 jack (European standard). It is always on, so those who wish to charge even at night can download the QR code, pay and recharge the car (Euro 0,32/kWh).

At the moment we have not received many electric cars at Fattoria del Colle but in the future surely there will be more, so we shall install more charging columns. At least that is what we hope!

CHARGING COLUMN FOR ELECTRIC CARS

Charging column for electric cars at Fattoria del Colle with Enrico Pelagatti

Nature lovers and those sensitive to the environment will notice our efforts to adapt a 400 hundred year old estate without a big environmental impact: all of the light bulbs on the estate have been changed with low energy consumption ones. We have changed the engines that cool the fermentation tanks and the wine ageing areas with up to the minute equipment. To the solar panels on the cellar roof we have added others at the entrance ….

VEGETABLE GARDEN WITH WILD TUSCAN HERBS

These actions do not affect our guests’ stay whereas other environmental choices do: the vegetable garden for example. Caterina Caterina guided us in the choice of edible wild plants from the Valdorcia Valley. Herbs that have been part of our fields for centuries and that allow us to serve bread soups and bread salads like our ancestors did. Obviously the garden contains also tomatoes, zucchini … that are served to those who love salads but, the Aglione, tarragon, borragine … are on the other hand essences that tell of age old stories. Did you know that the giant garlic that grows in our sandy soils has no allicin and so does not leave a bad odour on the breath, and is called “kiss proof”?

4 April 2021

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter, I wish for every one of you to receive new strength on the day of Resurrection

I am convinced that this strength reaches all of us, even those who do not believe, because it is the energy of love <<L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle>> (the love that moves the Sun and the other stars) that Dante describes in the last verse of the Paradiso.

3 April 2021

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The Fattoria del Colle wine destination opens again in May

We cannot wait to show you the new cellar with the Spumante area, the small renovations, the vegetable garden and to be able to give you a taste of the new vintages and our new recipes

Wine destination Fattoria del Colle – Hiking through the vineyards – Tuscany

by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

We have been shut to the public but we have never been still. Those who have been following us via social media have seen the awards arriving from all over the world for our wines, the birth of the photography safari and the new signposting the experimentation of dishes by our chef Doriana, the Spumante bottles on the pupitre, the spontaneous Val d’Orcia herb plantation in the vegetable garden ….

WINE DESTINATION: IMMERSIVE ROOM WITH THE 4 SEASONS IN THE VINEYARD

Many small things are changing Fattoria del Colle into a wine destination able to offer authentic and absorbing experiences with wines and with the old Tuscan traditions.

Wine destination Fattoria del Colle – Wine Cellar

Obviously the biggest changes are in the cellar at Fattoria del Colle. The fermentation area has now been boxed off and has a shelter that will protect the grapes in arrival during the harvest. Where the packaging takes place there is already positioned a new bottling machine and soon the new labelling machine will arrive so as to guarantee the maximum care even in the last but all the same important moment in wine production. There is an immersive room where visitors will be able to hear and see what happens in the vineyards during the 4 seasons and at different times of day. So as to learn that light can change the landscape, and the cicadas are not always heard, on the contrary in summer and winter they have their noises, and the northerly wind has a different sound than the sirocco wind, while the bells are still timekeepers in countryside. An immersive experience where sounds, images and lights teach guests that the wonderful countryside surrounding them must be looked at with an attentive eye, and in a few months it will be completely different.

A CELLAR THAT RESEMBLES A WOOD WITH BOTTLES INSIDE

The new underground bottle storage of around 450 sq m (18°C) contains the coolest room (12°C), where the spumante rests on the yeast after the secondary fermentation. This is a craft production of just 1800 bottles per year of spumante metodo classico obtained from Sangiovese grapes. The remuage of the bottles on the pupitre is also done by hand.
The most spectacular thing is the external overlay of the new section of the cellar representing a wood in corten steel designed by the Architect Elisa Boldi to resemble the oak trees in the winter period. At night the metal trees are backlit and give the sensation of a fairytale scenario. Naturally the most precious things, even if less spectacular, are the bottles inside. They are receiving prize after prize from all over the world. The latest are from GuidaBIO that has given the excellence with 5 leaves to the Chianti Superiore 2018 and 4 leaves to the Leone Rosso Doc Orcia and to Rosso di Montalcino Doc 2018.

31 March 2021

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ROSA DI TETTO IGT Toscana Rosato 2019

Rosé wines are extremely trendy in the new millennium. The appreciation of the consumers increases and with it the request for wines richer in personality, finesse and quality

Rosa di Tetto 2019 IGT Toscana – Donatella Cinelli Colombini

A project that at Fattoria del Colle, begins with the Sangiovese grapes and its specificities such as the particular aroma of violets, that in the Rosa di Tetto, blends with that of apples and cherries.
The BIO (organic) vineyards are cultivated by hand with obsessive care; the grapes are picked by hand, vinified, and refined under the observant eyes of the three estate winemakers, Barbara, Sabrina and Giada. These give origin to some small series of “family wines” wines made on the estate. In this case it is a production of only 2.000 bottles, real jewels destined to wine loving clients.
At Fattoria del Colle the production of rosé began more than 30 years ago with the name “Aqua di Tetto”. When Donatella Cinelli Colombini received the farm form her father Fausto Cinelli in 1998, she decided to change it into Rosa di Tetto and to put on the label the flowers from the old climbing rose that covers the facade of the 16th century villa.

Rosa di Tetto 2019 IGT Toscana – Donatella Cinelli Colombini

The 2019 harvest quality wise has been considered one of the best in the last 50 years. It was abundant and with grapes never seen before. For this reason it was decided to begin with this vintage a change of style for the Rosa di Tetto, aiming at a type of rosé that is more complex, important and structured and where the Sangiovese imprint is very evident. A wine to drink “with the whole meal”.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSA DI TETTO IGT 2019

TYPE: rosé
PRODUCTION AREA: Tuscany, Trequanda, Fattoria del Colle, Cenerentola vineyard.
CLASSIFICATION: IGT Toscana Rosato
VINTAGE CHARACTERISTICS: mild and dry Winter. In the Summer the hot days were interrupted by great storms, there where vast temperature excursions between day and night, and this favoured the synthesis of the aromas.

26 March 2021

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3 Brunello from 5 star vintages for celebrations and collections

A treasure chest with three bottles of Brunello from the best vintages for your collection 1997, 2007 and 2012 together with a set of Riedel glasses apt for tasting them

Brunello di Montalcino from 5 star vintages offer: 1997, 2007, 2012 together with 6 Riedel crystal glasses

Three TOP vintages, nearly legendary ones, for those who love Brunello and want to have some bottles for special occasions:

1997: like many great vintages it didn’t start well; there was a spring frost that reduced the number and dimension of the clusters;

2007: a year without winter and with a cool summer that produced a deep Brunello, apt for long cellaring;

2012: a hot year with a perfect September for the ripening of the grapes.

Wines that have been highly rated by the international wine critics and able to surprise and thrill. These will arrive at your home in a wooden crate apt to be cellared, together with 6 Riedel Performance glasses so as to taste them in a perfect way.

OFFER FOR MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

3 bottles wooden crate containing:

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 1997, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2007 and Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2012 + 6 Riedel Performance crystal glasses

SPECIAL PRICE FOR MEMBERS: 339 Euro (instead of 399 Euro) offer valid until April 2nd, 2021

Brunello di Montalcino from 5 star vintages offer: 1997, 2007, 2012 together with 6 Riedel crystal glasses

For those who wish to double the offer, so two times a 3 bottles crate with 12 glasses, the price is even more convenient: 660 Euro

The price includes shipping in Italy, and a 15€ discount for those abroad.

OFFER FOR ALL OTHER WINE LOVERS

3 bottles wooden crate containing:

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 1997, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2007 and Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2012 + 6 Riedel Performance crystal glasses

SPECIAL PRICE: 369 Euro (instead of 399 Euro) offer valid until April 2nd, 2021

The price includes shipping in Italy, and a 15€ discount for those abroad.

Would you like to become a member of Donatella’s Club?

Write to vino@cinellicolombini.it to access the personalised customer service!

Being members of the Club gives you the possibility of receiving special offers like preview wines or older vintages at advantageous prices and a special welcoming in the wineries at Casato Prime Donne and Fattoria del Colle, in the ToscanaLovers stores in Siena, Bagno Vignoni and Cortona, in the restaurants and in the country inn belonging to Donatella Cinelli Colombini.

24 March 2021

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Il Drago e le 8 Colombe IGT Supertuscan 2018

A scarce vintage in quantity but with great quality, 2018 gifts us Il Drago e le 8 Colombe – Supertuscan in a “20^th century style”, with great aromatic richness

Supertuscan Il Drago e le 8 Colombe 2018 – Donatella Cinelli Colombini

In the vineyards 2018, began by showing the effects of a spring frost the previous year: the clusters were few and small, right from the beginning. An element that on the other hand seemed to be negative instead permitted the grapes to happily survive a very rainy month of May and a summer that alternated heat and big storms. A climate that resembled that of last century, with more clouds than sunshine. The September sunshine was decisive for the quality of the grapes: the size of each grape was smaller and the ripening took place slowly, simultaneously in the skins and in the pulp of the grapes –technological and poliphenolic ripening. Temperatures in the period before the harvest rendered the Il Drago e le 8 Colombe 2018 its distinctive catachrestic: fine, complex and deep aromas.

Finally a small but significant detail, against all weather forecasts, the rain arrived the day after the harvest ended. This is not a small detail, because, interpreting the “20^th century style” harvests the best grapes, like those for the Il Drago e le 8 Colombe, were picked for last. A stroke of luck that when drinking this Il Drago e le 8 Colombe is clearly noticeable.

THE NAME IL DRAGO E LE 8 COLOMBE

The Il Drago e le 8 Colombe comes from the first all female staffed winery in Italy: our consultant Valérie Lavigne, the wine makers Barbara Sabrina and Giada, the hospitality and sales staff are all women. There are 8 doves, mentioned in the name together with a dragon, the only man present: Carlo Gardini, husband to Donatella Cinelli Colombini, the owner. He too expresses his passion for fine wines by following the procedures for producing small selections of sweet wines.

Supertuscan Il Drago e le 8 Colombe 2018 – Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Il Drago e le 8 Colombe is also born to celebrate men in wine.

IL DRAGO E LE 8 COLOMBE 2018

This is a “Supertuscan” wine, a “masterpiece” of a wine IGT Toscana, where the varieties are used following creativity and not tradition. In the Il Drago e le 8 Colombe there is a union of, at the end of their ageing, three different varieties: Sangiovese prince of Tuscany that gives the wine elegance, Merlot (20%) that adds pleasantness and then Sagrantino (20%) that increases the structure. All the grapes are grown, vinified, aged in barrel, bottles and refined on the estate.

17 March 2021

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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

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Sanchimento IGT Toscana Bianco 2020

The IGT Toscana Bianco Sanchimento is a small masterpiece of creativity and respect for nature. A white Supertuscan in meaning exclusive, innovative BIO (organic) and slightly orange style

Sanchimento IGT Toscana 2020 – supertuscan from Fattoria del Colle

This Sanchimento is obtained with the first grapes picked by the “masked pickers” which means those wearing the anti-Covid masks!!

Everybody will remember the 2020 grape harvest at Fattoria del Colle for the difficulty in following the safety rules regardless of the heat, fatigue and not being able to breathe properly. But nobody was infected let’s hope it will be the only grape harvest under the Covid claws.

SANCHIMENTO A BIO SUPERTUSCAN

The Traminer grapes were handpicked; the clusters were cooled in an old IVECO refrigerated truck. It is an antique but we keep it to use just for the grape harvest.

After a first experimentation in 2019, the cellar master Barbara Magnani with the two junior wine makers Sabrina and Giada launched themselves into a very interesting chemistry between traditional vinification and orange wine.

Sanchimento IGT Toscana 2020 – Supertuscan – Fattoria del Colle

Part of the grapes was in fact vinified with the skins and with autochthonous yeasts. The blend with the Sanchimento vinified traditionally took place before bottling. The result is a wine of great character and finesse, less aromatic than before but more complex on the nose. More agile, full and structured on the palate. A wine that is not ordinary that demonstrates courage in experimentation and interprets the natural characteristics of the Traminer grapes grown in Tuscany.

The small Sanchimento vineyard was planted in 1989 by Fausto Cinelli, Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s father. It surrounds the San Clemente chapel at Fattoria del Colle. Chimento is in fact the name that was used locally instead of Clemente in the tongue that then became Sienese vernacular.
IGT Toscana Sanchimento 2020 is consequently a BIO Supertuscan produced in a small series of 2000 bottles. An exclusive wine for wine lovers that will visit or stay at Fattoria del Colle in 2021.

14 March 2021

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News from Casato Prime Donne and Fattoria del Colle, territory, comments on the world of wine, events and wine personalities

TRADITION ATTRACTS VISITORS AND CUSTOMERS MORE THAN INNOVATION

FARMHOUSE FOOD BEATS TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED FOOD

AGRICOLTURE AND WINE BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION

CLUB OFFER OF 6 MIXED WINES

3 WINES FOR A ROMANTIC DINNER

3 WINES FOR A MEMORABLE DINNER

WHAT DOES WINE DESTINATION MEAN

WINE DESTINATIONS IN ITALY AND IN THE WORLD

WHAT MUST A WINE DESTINATION HAVE

Brunello 2001 and 2004 retrospective tasting: just like with films

THE TWENTIETH YEAR IS THE REVEALING ONE REGARDING LONGEVITY

HOW THE BRUNELLO PHILISOPHY HAS CHANGED DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS

OFFER: ROSSO, BRUNELLO AND CHIANTI CLASSICO

DOPOBARBA DELLA TITA FROM FARMACIA SALVIONI

THE FARMACIA SALVIONI AND ITS HISTORY SINCE 1499

REMOTE WORKING AMIDST NATURE AT FATTORIA DEL COLLE

REMOTE WORKING WITH VIEW AND HIKING

EXPERIENCES WITH BRUNELLO AND FINE RED WINES

GREEN HOLIDAYS AT FATTORIA DEL COLLE

CHARGING COLUMN FOR ELECTRIC CARS

VEGETABLE GARDEN WITH WILD TUSCAN HERBS

Happy Easter

The Fattoria del Colle wine destination opens again in May

WINE DESTINATION: IMMERSIVE ROOM WITH THE 4 SEASONS IN THE VINEYARD

A CELLAR THAT RESEMBLES A WOOD WITH BOTTLES INSIDE

ROSA DI TETTO IGT Toscana Rosato 2019

DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSA DI TETTO IGT 2019

3 Brunello from 5 star vintages for celebrations and collections

OFFER FOR MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

OFFER FOR ALL OTHER WINE LOVERS

Il Drago e le 8 Colombe IGT Supertuscan 2018

THE NAME IL DRAGO E LE 8 COLOMBE

IL DRAGO E LE 8 COLOMBE 2018

Sanchimento IGT Toscana Bianco 2020

SANCHIMENTO A BIO SUPERTUSCAN

Pasta with buffalo speck and Chianti grappa

FATTORIA DEL COLLE

CASATO PRIME DONNE