Pieve
di Santa Restituta
Brunello di Montalcino
‘Sugarille’
[pyeh-veh sahn-tah rehs-tee-too-tah
b(l)roo nehl-lo dee mon-tahl-chee-no soo-gah-(l)reel-leh]
Given Gaja’s legendary work with crus in Piemonte, it was
only appropriate for him to make a contribution to the rare realm
of single-vineyard Brunellos. The first official mention of the
Sugarille site appears in a 1547 record documenting the estate of
Pieve Santa Restituta’s inventory. Sugarille’s propitious
positioning, soil composition (calcareous clay), and southern exposure
constitutes an exceptional terroir, realizing a Brunello of prodigious
magnitude, depth, and ageworthiness.
In 1994, Gaja entered into a partnership with Roberto Bellini, who had purchased
the historic Pieve Santa Restituta estate in 1972. Although Bellini retained
creative authority for the first vintage of the collaboration, he stepped aside
for Gaja in the very next vintage, conferring absolute authority on the one he
had sought to realize the estate’s fullest potential.
By virtue of its distinguished terroir, Sugarille is the more demonstrative of
the two Santa Restituta wines, signifying its potency on a visual level in its
dark coloring. This mode continues on the dense palate, which characteristically
exhibits dark fruit, spices, chocolate, tar, smoke, and toasted oak. Upon release,
it normally requires a minimum of four to five years of cellaring before it provides
rewarding drinking. It will continue to develop greater complexity and nuances
over its maturation, which typically transpires over a 20-year period.
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Brunello di Montalcino ‘Sugarille’
Wine: Brunello di Montalcino
Producer: Pieve Santa Restituta (Gaja)
Varietal(s): Sangiovese Grosso
Region: Toscana
Province:
Commune: Montalcino
Vineyard: Sugarille
Altitude:
Exposure: South
Classification: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
First Year: 1995 (Gaja)
Case Production: 1,100 cases (average)
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