Podere Salicutti
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Salicutti Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione 2021

Price: $165.00
Tasting notes

Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione 2021 from Salicutti is a Sangiovese from organic cultivation with meaty umami character and fine-grained tannins, a dense wine from the Piaggione cru site that deserves time and large glasses. The nose shows meaty umami impression, air-dried ham, black pepper, cherry, blackberries, dark bitter chocolate, sandalwood and olive tapenade, with a palate marked by precise fine-grained tannins, black cardamom, pepper, tobacco and leather .

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Black CherryTobaccoBlack PepperRocks
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Full Body
Grapes:Sangiovese
Farming:Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:2021
Country:Italy
Region:Tuscany
Appellation:Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Salicutti Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione 2021
$165.00

Producer profile

Podere Salicutti

Podere Salicutti sits in the southeastern hills of Montalcino and was established in 1990 by Sicilian-born Francesco Leanza, a chemical engineer by training, becoming Montalcino's first certified organic winery in 1996 . In 2016, stewardship transitioned to Felix and Sabine Eichbauer, proprietors of Munich's Tantris restaurant, who have continued Leanza's work .

Salicutti is the first organically certified estate in Montalcino, with vines dating back to 1994 and soils unsullied by conventional pesticides . Under the Eichbauers, Salicutti has embraced biodynamic principles, with the 2025 vintage set to be the first certified by respekt-BIODYN; the estate encompasses 11 hectares, with 4.5 hectares dedicated to Sangiovese across the Piaggione, Teatro and Sorgente vineyards on calcareous clay and sandstone soils .

Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented using indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks, then aged in a combination of large Slavonian and French oak casks . Wines are aged in tonneaux barrels of French oak and a range of wooden barrels of French and Slavonian oak, with the applied capacities increasing slowly over the course of aging .

Wine region

Tuscany, Italy

A set of walled vineyards, Teatro, Sorgente and Piaggione, surrounds the Salicutti house, and their proximity is a crucial element in the hyper-specific, exclusively biodynamic approach practiced by the modern estate . The estate's vineyards sit at elevations between 420 and 500 meters, benefiting from sun exposure and the cooling influence of nearby Monte Amiata .

Brunello di Montalcino is one of Italy's most famous and prestigious wines, and in Tuscany, its homeland, it ranks alongside Chianti Classico . Brunello is always 100% Sangiovese produced in the Tuscan region of Montalcino . The hallmark of Brunello is its extended aging, requiring a minimum of four years, with at least two spent in oak barrels .

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

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