Val Di Suga 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Poggio al Granchio

Val di Sugas history began in 1969, when a company owned by Aldo Moro bought agricultural land to the north of Montalcino and built a manufacturing and retail business on it. Previously used for forage, these lands were gradually made into vineyards as they changed hands a number of times until, in 1982, Val di Suga began making wines in its own winemaking cellars. The first vintage to be sold was Val di Suga Brunello Riserva 1977. The companys viticultural and oenological growth was rapid.These were the years in which the denominations success and expansion began. It was this and constant hard work and commitment in both wine growing and making, that made Val di Suga begin to stand out in the Montalcino wine panorama. A vineyard in a lakeside position in front of the estate buildings was chosen for its special characteristics to produce to first Brunello selection, Vigna del Lago. The first vintage produced for this cru was 1983.n 1988 the company bought one of the most famous of Montalcinos single vineyard sites, Spuntali, around 15 hectares of vineyard acknowledged by all to be one of the best Brunello terroir zones, on a south-west facing site. Just a few years later, in 1994, the Angelini Group arrived bringing fresh impetus to Val di Suga by then award-winning and internationally recognized for the top quality of its wines in terms of important viticultural investment and modernization and enlargement of the wine making buildings. These were the years of internal rivalry between the companys two single vineyard wines, Vigna Spuntali (first vintage produced and sold : 1988) from the southern most of the denominations vineyards and Vigna del Lago a lakeside vineyard washed by a lake at the foot of Montalcinos northern slopes. It was a rivalry which saw first one and then the other of the two star Brunellos in pride of place in wine sector guides and international points systems always at ultra-high levels and internationally famous.

Alcohol percentage: 15

Tasting Notes

Intense ruby red in colour with violet nuances. On the nose, it explodes with fresh fruit encompassing cherries in alcohol, black currant, blackberries and myrtle berries. In the mouth its is unmistakeably delicate at the outset, with silky and extremely long lasting tannins.Its finish is tangy and mineral, qualities which only the Sangiovese of this area is capable of producing.