Camigliano Gualto Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2007
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Rich, with pretty red fruit flavors accented by spice and floral elements. Though elegant, there's ample structure and well-proportioned tannins in this complex and vibrant red, which ends with a flourish of mineral. Best from 2016 through 2033.
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Camigliano’s Brunellos are always distinctive thanks to the estate’s positioning on the lower slopes of the Montalcino denomination in a location prized for grape-growing since ancient times. The beautiful 2007 riserva shows dark chocolate, bright cherry and leather. The oak influences still need time to settle down.
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A tight, floral Brunello, this wine’s tart cherry flavors point up its acidity, balanced by the juiciness of the fruit. The tannins carry a dark dried-rose scent and brighter notes of tomato skin. Still tense, this will benefit from another several years in the cellar.
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Camigliano in the past was certainly inhabited by the Etruscans who followed the course of the Ombrone River from the coastal Maremma area. It then became quite an important hamlet in the late medieval period, an outpost for Montalcino, joining in the fight to defend republican freedom in the middle of the 16th century.
The current manor house was built inside the entry gate (called “Borgone”) of the old “castle” making the most of the ancient walls that surrounded the homestead. The symbol of Camigliano: the camel, found on a seal dating to the 13th century, can perhaps be connected to the influence of the papacy in the area, and there is speculation of connection to the movements of the Crusades that reached the Holy Land.
The winery, which was purchased by Walter Ghezzi in 1957, a courageous and enterprising businessman from Milan with a passion for Tuscany, has undergone an intense and radical improvement in recent years with arrival of son Gualtiero: the new vineyards have been brought to their full potential (today 530ha of which 93 are cultivated with vines) at an altitude of 300-350masl, the new underground cellar was built, and the vinification practices and unconditional care for the territory, in which he has invested energy and enthusiasm, have been renewed.
The vineyards, organic, have been chosen through a careful analysis of the terrain and clonal selection by agronomic experts coming from different Italian universities.