Casa Raia Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2009 Tuscany, Italy

About the winemaker

Casa Raia is located near the medieval town of Montalcino in Tuscany, Italy. The estate of nine hectares (1.75 ha of vines) once belonged to the Biondi Santi family who ”created” the Brunello di Montalcino wine in the 19th century. In 1997 the then abandoned farm house was restored by Pierre-Jean Monnoyer and his wife Kalyna who have been producing natural wines since. In the vineyard, their goal is to maintain the biodiversity and natural balance of their vines. In autumn the soil is worked gently and seeded with a variety of organic plants and flowers providing natural nutrients to the soil. The use of pesticides and herbicides is banned on the entire estate.