The Harvest "Le Chiuse"
Grapes produced in limited yields of 40 quintals per hectare are harvested by hand, selected according to the size of the bunches. In normal years the largest bunches are picked first for Rosso di Montalcino; a few days later medium-small bunches are picked for Brunello di Montalcino and finally the smallest bunches from the oldest vines are selected for Brunello Riserva DIECIANNI. Once harvested, in less than twenty minutes the grapes are destemmed, crushed and conveyed by gravity into steel and cement tanks for fermentation using indigenous yeasts.