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Brunello di Montalcino i s a DOCG red wine produced in the territory of Montalcino, a municipality in south-eas tern Tuscany in the province of Siena. It is cons idered among the longes t-lived Italian red wines. The vocation of the Montalcino area to produce high quality wines has been
known for many centuries: in the Middle Ages the municipals tatutes regulated the start date of the harvest. It appears that during the siege of 1553 there was never a shortage of wine, so much so that Biagio di Monluc, defending the wall s of Montalcino, ” rubbed his face with the robust wine” to conceal his suffering. According to the Bolognese Leandro Alberti, Montalcino is «well-known for the good wines that come from those pleasant hills» . The grand ducal auditor Bartolomeo Gherardini in his visit to Montalcino in 1676-1677 reported the production of 6050 tons of wine described as «vigorous wine, but not in large quantities. Charles Thompson in 1744 states that «Montalcino is not very famous except for the goodness of its wines». The label shows an image of an ancient branch of Sangiovese crossed by a golden crack, a sort of journey through time marked by a path that has become precious.