Wine Gaja, Pieve Santa Restituta, “Rennina”, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, 2016, wooden box, 1.5 L

Introduction

Pieve Santa Restituta, “Rennina”, Brunello di Montalcino – a powerful wine with a velvety texture and ripe tannins. It – delicious Brunello: sensual, graceful and well balanced. Wine is recommended to use until 2028.
The name “Rennet” was first mentioned in the Middle Ages chronicles how a small town close to the arrival of Santa Restituta. In 1994, the family acquired the estate Gaia Pieve Santa Restituta and began cultivating grapes Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello) for the production of its own wines Brunello di Montalcino in three vineyards: Santo Pietro, Castagno and Pian dei Cerri. Rich soil composition of these lands and the warm breath of the Tyrrhenian Sea give wine balanced, fruity notes and soft tannins. Production “Rennet” includes several stages. After harvest, the berries are fermented in stainless steel vats for 3 weeks. Then the wine is aged for 18 months in barriques and one year – in large oak casks. The final extract for 2 years the wine goes in the bottle.

Brand Gaja was founded in 1859 by Giovanni Gaia, the great-grandfather of the current owner Angelo Gaja, and for 5 generations, is owned by the family Gaia. To date, Gaja Winery owns vineyards with a total area of 250 hectares, located in the province of Tuscany and Piedmont. Angelo Gaja began its work in the family business in 1961, after completing their education in oenological Institute of Alba and the University of Montpellier (he later received a degree in economics from the University of Turin). Angelo has repeatedly visited France and inspired by modern and traditional techniques of French wine makers began to use the experience gained in the production of their own wines. His magnetism, charm and poetic reflections on the nature of the wine Angelo Gaja make one of the most respected and beloved figures in the wine industry in Italy. In 2011, the magazine Wine Spectator Angelo Gaja named one of the best winemakers in the history of Piedmont and Tuscany.