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Castello Giulio, DOCG Brunello di Montalcino (Villa Santa Restituta zone, southern Montalcino). Federico Nannetti, continuing the family project founded by Cesare Castelli. Vineyards at 400–480 m, south and south-west facing, on poor, stony silicate and limestone soils refreshed by altitude breezes. Vines 20–30 years old. 100% Sangiovese.
Hand-harvested in the first decade of October. Fermented at controlled temperatures not exceeding 24–26 °C. Aged in large oak vessels — botti grandi — meeting the DOCG minimum of two years in oak within a total ageing period of 36 months.
El Castello Giulio 2020 es un vino tinto elaborado por la bodega Castelli Martinozzi, con denominación de origen Brunello di Montalcino. La añada 2020 procede de Italia y está compuesto al 100% por uva Sangiovese.
La procedencia específica se sitúa en la zona de Villa Santa Restituta, al sur de Montalcino. Los viñedos, con una edad de vides de entre 20 y 30 años, se encuentran a una altitud comprendida entre 400 y 480 metros, con orientación sur y suroeste. El suelo es pobre y pedregoso, formado por silicatos y caliza, mientras que las brisas de altura ayudan a moderar el calor. La cosecha se realiza manualmente durante la primera decena de octubre, siguiendo el proyecto familiar iniciado por Cesare Castelli y continuado por Federico Nannetti.
En bodega, la fermentación se lleva a cabo con control de temperatura, con un máximo de 24-26 °C. La crianza se realiza en botti grandi (grandes barricas de madera), cumpliendo el mínimo legal de dos años en roble establecido por la denominación y sumando un envejecimiento total de 36 meses antes de su comercialización.
En cuanto a su valoración, James Suckling ha otorgado al vino 95 puntos. El perfil resultante refleja la expresión de un Brunello de altura, donde las características del terruño buscan equilibrar la potencia de la uva con la frescura proporcionada por el clima y la altitud de los viñedos. Se trata de una elaboración tradicional que respeta los tiempos de maduración y el carácter de la variedad autóctona.
Descripción generada por IA con conocimiento WSET. Solo orientativa.
James Suckling: 95
Bright intensity to this Brunello. Red cherries and raspberries, together with plenty of toasted notes, as well as licorice, smoky woodland and mediterranean herbs. The attack is extremely elegant on the full-bodied palate, with refined, filigree tannins and refreshing, integrated acidity. Very precise, juicy and savory. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.
The estate is Villa Santa Restituta, a fourteenth-century villa some ten kilometres south of Montalcino which the Castelli Martinozzi family has owned for centuries. The chapel next to the manor house bears witness to it: ancestors from several generations are buried there. The oldest recognition they keep is a merit medal awarded to Cesare Martinozzi in 1892 at a Siena wine competition.
The property covers 160 hectares, of which only twelve are vineyard —and sixteen olive grove— between 400 and 480 metres. The vineyard was once far larger: parcels that today belong to Soldera and to the neighbouring Caprilli and Fattoi were part of Villa Santa Restituta. The family kept the ones surrounding the villa.
The estate is run today by Federico Nannetti, who took over from his grandfather Cesare Castelli. The Brunello is bottled under the name Castello Giulio: Sangiovese from south and southwest-facing slopes on poor, stony soils of silicates and limestone, with vines twenty to thirty years old, hand-picked in the first ten days of October and aged in large botti, without putting oak ahead of fruit.
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