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DOMAINE BALLORIN
Producer
Podere Le Ripi
Italy, Tuscany
Montalcino, Siena
Montalcino, Siena
60000 bottles in the cellar
Specialities: Red wine
Podere le Ripi was established in 1984 from Francesco Illy's dream of creating a sustainable reality in Montalcino where beauty and naturalness were the main principles of the project. We are located on the eastern slope of Montalcino near Castelnuovo dell'Abate, with an extension of 60 hectares divided into forest, vineyard, olive groves, pastureland for a small livestock farm and a synergistic vegetable garden.
An uncontaminated soil with a wonderful plant biodiversity, in 1999 the first plantings and in 2011 the conversion to biodynamic agriculture.
Le Ripi's vineyards
The vineyards are divided on the two opposite sides of the Montalcino territory: to the west there are sandy alluvial soils rich in skeleton, while to the east the terrain changes drastically, leaving space for calcareous marls devoid of skeleton. Each wine is produced from a single plot in which the characteristics of the different terroirs are immediately recognisable. The choice to read the terroir through the wine is important and only possible through respectful and non-invasive vinification.
Slow fermentation in wood, malolactic fermentation always carried out and wines that settle naturally even two years after harvest. Use of little sulphur dioxide with the aim of not using it at all. Sunny wines with great taste impact. Lively wines, the new face of Montalcino.
