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Salicutti
A turquoise glass column breaks through the Tuscan wine cellar - architecture meets 60-million-year-old marlstone. Podere Salicutti in Montalcino has been combining organic viticulture with unconventional aesthetics since 1990. Sabine and Felix Eichbauer run the region's first certified organic winery with the precision of an architect and the catering experience of their legendary Tantris family. Brunelli, which is considered the „Holy Grail of Sangiovese purity“, is produced on 4.5 hectares.
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From Munich to Montalcino: Tantris meets Tuscany
In 2016, Sabine and Felix Eichbauer from Munich took the plunge into the Tuscan wine business. Their family already had catering experience: in 1971, Felix's father Fritz founded the legendary Restaurant Tantris with Eckart Witzigmann - a revolution in German Michelin-starred cuisine. Today, this precision and attention to detail also characterise the vineyards of Montalcino. Sabine, an architect by profession, renovated the entire estate in 2018 and left her modern signature: a turquoise glass column by Roman architect Massimiliano Fuksas punctuates the traditional wine cellar.
Biodynamics pioneer with a 60-million-year-old foundation
As early as 1996, Salicutti was Montalcino's first winery the organic certification. Since 2022, the Eichbauers have been working completely biodynamically according to Demeter guidelines and are proud members of the exclusive respect-BIODYN Association with only 36 European winegrowers. Jan Erbach from the neighbouring winery Pian dell'Orino personally accompanies this conversion. The 4.5 hectares of vines rest on 60 to 80 million year old marlstone - calcareous Marne soils that the Sangiovese loves. Donkeys graze between the olive trees, bees buzz through the orchard, while chickens peck between the rows of vines.
Three locations, three personalities
The individual vineyards tell different stories: Teatro at 520 metres above sea level is Sabine's favourite - the coolest, late-ripening south-facing vineyard provides the grapes for the elegant Brunello di Montalcino Teatro Riserva 2019. Piaggione The fossil-rich, calcareous soils with an east-south-east exposure create the basis for the powerful Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione 2020. Sorgente The trio is completed with heavy soils at 450 metres - this is where the Brunello di Montalcino Sorgente 2020 with its characteristic lateness.
Intensive gardening and pure Sangiovese philosophy
„The land was here before us; it nourishes our vines now, and it will be here when we are gone“ - this humility characterises the intensive gardening of the family. They know every vine personally and every grape is selected by hand. Cellar master Gianni Fabbri vinifies exclusively Sangiovese to produce around 15,000 to 20,000 bottles per year. The Mediterranean climate, 35 kilometres from the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the meticulous manual work create those Sangiovese purity, which Monika Larner from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate declared a „Holy Grail“. Modern architecture, Munich precision and Tuscan tradition merge to create Brunelli of uncompromising clarity.