Piancornello

Cantina Piancornello

The territory of Montalcino and Piancornello is the place to live and cultivate the land for Claudio Monaci, owner and winemaker of the winery, and his wife Silvia Bottazzi. In close contact with nature, in the 20 hectares of Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo vineyards surrounded by splendid centuries-old olive trees, working in the first person, working for the environment and respecting practicing organic agriculture.

Piancornello is one of the founders of the organic Brunello di Montalcino district. For this reason, the spouses with a biodynamic system, in turn, pass on the lessons acquired by their great-grandparents, now in their fourth generation considering the daughters of Claudio and Silvia young and future levers for the Piancornello company; which rises in the Sesta area in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, on a plateau on Mount Amiata on the horizon.

The favorable climate gives way to Sangiovese King of the wines in Montalcino, the area affected by constant ventilation contributes to contain diseases and pests of plants, allow the cultivation of vineyards and produce healthy grapes with organic methods, and produce a Brunello di Montalcino according to l tradition: sincere, elegant and generous.

In the cellar, the oenologist Claudio makes wine, ages and refines his own product, making use of modern technologies and healthy premises, recently built and modernized. Preparing the grapes to macerate the steel vats for fermentation, relocating the wine squeezed into traditional barrels and barriques to mature in the long time which is between twenty-four and thirty-six months. The maniacal care of every single action of the production protocol takes the form of bottles of high quality value. Presenting the labels of Piancornello to the vast international public: Rosso di Montalcino and Brunello di Montalcino. Wines born in the territory they belong to.