2019 Donatella Cinelli Colombini Cenerentola Orcia

The DOC Orcia wine region was created in 2000 in Tuscany between the Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile regions. There are similarities between the wine and the young woman in the fairy tale: both have two stepsisters, more famous and richer than them, and in the case of the Cenerentola DOC Orcia they are two neighboring wine regions for the Brunello and Nobile wines. To produce the Cenerentola wine, Sangiovese and Foglia Tonda grapes are used, and the latter is an old indigenous variety that was abandoned about a century ago and then rediscovered by Donatella.
Vinification: In 20- 80-100 hl steel vats equipped with thermoregulation for a duration of 15/25 days. The vinification and aging in cask of Sangiovese and Foglia Tonda wines takes place separately. They are assembled before bottling. The wines ages for 12 months in 5 hl French oak tonneaux and in small barrels.

Grape varieties: 65% Sangiovese Grosso, 35% Foglia Tonda
Altitude: 400 m ASL
Exposure: South, Southeast
Soil: Calcareous clay
Alcohol: 15%

Tasting notes: Aromas of particular intensity, complexity and finesse. Ripe red fruits with some floral notes of violets and darker and spicy notes of pepper, juniper and citrus. Intense, round, and harmonious on the palate. Long, pleasant and savory finish.

About Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Donatella Cinelli Colombini owns two wineries, one in Montalcino and one in Trequanda in the Chianti and DOC Orcia regions. Fattoria del Colle is located between the Chianti and DOC Orcia. Of its 336 hectares, 17 are vineyards and 6 olive groves. Among the varieties grown here is the old forgotten and abandoned 'Foglia Tonda' that has now been rediscovered and appreciated after more than a century by Donatella Cinelli Colombini.

The other vineyards grow grapes that produce a Chianti Superiore DOCG, Cenerentola and Leone Rosso - both DOC Orcia; Il Drago and Le Otto Colombe Tuscan IGT; Vinsanto DOC Chianti, a dessert wine of Traminer grapes, as well as extra virgin olive oil DOP Terre di Siena in monocultivars of Corregiolo (Frantoio) and Moraiolo. In the vineyard, Donatella Cinelli Colombini has been cultivating her grapes using sustainable and organic practices for many years and received official organic certification in 2018.

The Fattoria del Colle's picturesque winery is in the XVI's century villa cellars by a medieval hermitage currently used to store the older bottles of DCC's Brunello di Montalcino. A walk past stone walls, arches and French oak barrels takes one to the stairs that lead to the Vin Santo attics.