2018 Pian dell'Orino 'Vigneti del Versante', Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy Benedicte & Stephane Tissot The temptation to make wine

The temptation to make wine from this rare and historical variety was too much to resist

Steve has been overseeing the farming of this classic Merlot Vineyard since 2015

Sourced from vineyards between 10 to 50 years old on calcareous clay soils

” dates back over 500 years

Jean-Marc Pillot typically makes two barrels a year from fruit purchased from his friend Blair Pethel of Domaine Dublère

2018 Pian dell'Orino 'Vigneti del Versante', Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy Benedicte & Stephane Tissot The temptation to make wineCertified Biodynamic. Hand harvested between September 24. As always, immediately after picking, all harvested grapes were hand selected on the triage table. Only healthy, ripe berries are used for vinification. Spontaneous fermentation started in 24h, reaching a maximum temperature of 30C, and taking 2 weeks until completion. The following maceration took other 2 weeks, so the young wine was drawn off after 4 weeks. The young wine aged for 42 months