Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino is a DOCG appellation in Italy in Montalcino. The rules allow red wine, based on Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

31,023 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

24.34 × 27.38 km

Centre

43.0710° N, 11.4622° E

Grapes

Sangiovese

Max yield

54.4 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

30 km south of Siena

Nearest city

55 km south-west of Arezzo 100,734 people

To the sea

58 km

Same latitude

Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

69–657 m

Mean elevation

287 m

Measured over the whole outline on 99,991 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Tuscany (Brunello, Chianti Classico)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)75%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks13%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 1

• Montalcino

Wineries · 7

• Azienda Agricola Martoccia
• Castello Tricerchi
• Castiglion del Bosco
• Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona
• Corte Pavone
• Podere Casato
• Podere Molina del Piano

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications