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Loacker Corte Pavone

Montalcino · Siena (SI)
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Established
1996
Rainer Loacker
Yearly production
estate (Brunello di Montalcino, biodynamic)
Location
Montalcino, province of Siena — on a hill at around 500 m above the town of Montalcino
Siena (SI)
Vineyard area
18 ha
Sangiovese Grosso for Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino, about 18 hectares at ~500 m, farmed biodynamically

Appellations

Brunello di Montalcino DOCGRosso di Montalcino DOC

History

In 1996 Rainer Loacker, a South Tyrolean wine producer from the family behind the famous Loacker wafers, fell for Montalcino and bought four hectares around a winery at 500 metres that he named Corte Pavone.

Loacker had been a biodynamic and homeopathic producer in his native Alto Adige since 1979, and applied the same methods here to rebuild the estate's soils.

The vineyards, now 18 hectares of Sangiovese Grosso managed by his son Hayo, are split into six identified terroirs that yield single-vineyard Brunellos.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Brunello di Montalcino
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG · Sangiovese
The estate's biodynamic flagship Brunello.
Brunello di Montalcino 'Anfiteatro'
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG · Sangiovese
A single-vineyard Brunello.
Rosso di Montalcino
Rosso di Montalcino DOC · Sangiovese
The earlier-drinking Sangiovese.
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