Fattoria La Braccesca

Sabazio Rosso di Montepulciano

The La Braccesca farm, which extends extends over a total surface area of 420 hectares (approximately 1037 acres), is composed of two separate blocks: the historic nucleus of the property near Montepulciano, with 103 hectares (some 254 acres) of vineyards, and a second block, with 162 hectares (approximately 400 acres) of vineyards, at the foot of the hills of Cortona. The first vintage of the La Braccesca Rosso di Montepulciano was the 1992. This Sangiovese takes its name from Sabatino Lulli, known as ?Sabazio?, a monk at the abbey of Montepulciano who was the first, in the Middle Ages, to give precise indications as to how to ferment the grapes grown in the zone.