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Villa Le Prata • Montalcino, Tuscany

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ABOUT THE WINERY

Built 1860 by Count Vecchi as a hunting lodge and became the country home of the Bishop of Montalcino. In 1980, the chief surgeon of Montalcino and his wife, a lecturer of philosophy for their family home. Their son Bernard Losappio, and his wife, Anna Vittoria, bought the property to continue the family enterprise.

The women of the family have managed the property from the beginning. In turn all of the enologists are women as well. The consulting winemaker is the renowned Graziani Grassini (Sassicaia, Castello Di Terrizzio, Giusti, etc). The family acquired four micro vineyards over four decades that provide a range of expressions of the Tavernelle subregion. The mission is to highlight distinct expression of Sangiovese on their sites. Their detailed study of the soils and their structure, tracking the detail of each microclimate, the solar influences of the exposures – all inform their wine growing and making decisions.

They are also committed organic growing practices, are plastic free, and are on the path to reduce CO2 emissions to zero.

THE VINEYARDS

VIGNA MASSIMO
SOIL COMPOSITION:Cretaceous era clay, marly limestone, silt stone, and calcite
HA BY VARIETAL/CLONE: .78 ha
SLOPE/ELEVATION ORIENTATION:500m, westerly exposures
DATE PLANTED:1972
VINE DENSITY:125 x 290
VIGNA SAN PROSPERO
SOIL COMPOSITION:Cretaceous era clay, marly limestone, silt stone, and calcite
HA BY VARIETAL/CLONE: .5 ha
SLOPE/ELEVATION ORIENTATION:495m, south westerly exposures
DATE PLANTED:1998
VINE DENSITY:100 x 290
VIGNA DEL VESCOVO
SOIL COMPOSITION:Pliocene era marine conglomerates with high acidic levels plus cobble and sandy clay – yields elegant, aromatic wines
HA BY VARIETAL/CLONE: .6 ha
SLOPE/ELEVATION ORIENTATION:515m, Northwesterly exposures
DATE PLANTED:2017
VINE DENSITY:75 x 230
VIGNA le PRATA
SOIL COMPOSITION:bench structure of reddish brown Pliocene era soils
HA BY VARIETAL/CLONE: 1 ha
SLOPE/ELEVATION ORIENTATION:507m, Northwesterly exposures
DATE PLANTED:1988
VINE DENSITY:120 x 300

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY

 All fruit bunch and berry is ‘sorted’ by hand in the vineyard and at the winery. The wines are fermented and macerated in stainless steel for approximately three weeks. Daily delestage is performed to minimize astringent tannins and maximize fruitfulness as well as aromatics on a lot by lot basis. Each vineyard is fermented separately, and wine is matched precisely to larger tonneau and barrels of French or Slavonian oak for aging. Blending occurs at 3 years and the wines ages in oak for another 6 months prior to bottling.

Brunello di Montalcino

‘The pinnacle expression of Brunello from our vineyard sites’

Fermentation & Elevage:20 days in steel, 3 1/2 years in French Tonneau, and Slavonian Oak barrels after
which the wine is blended into bottles and aged a further 6 months
Vineyard:This is a selective blend of the best vineyard blocks withn the estate vineyards
Avg. Production:660 9L cases
DETAILS

Rosso di Montalcino

Fermentation & Elevage:20 days in steel, 1 year in French Tonneau, 1 year in large Slavonian oak barrels
Vineyard:‘The Youngest, Freshest expression of Sangiovese in our vineyards’
Avg. Production:170 9L cases
DETAILS
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