Turning the hands of the clock back a decade for Brunello di Montalcino but in a decidedly positive sense, since 11.4 million bottles had not been reached since 2010. The protection Consortium sees the end of a golden two-year period, which recorded increases of  12% and 27% respectively. While, compared to the three-year period, the 2021 vintage for the Tuscan DOCG marks a +37%, with over one million Reserves, which are more than doubled compared to 2020 (+108%).

The 214 producer members can also consider themselves satisfied with the average price of bulk wine, which grew by 28%, compared with stocks of bottled wine at historic lows which, in December 2021, marked –38% on the previous year. And it also went well for Rosso di Montalcino, which gained 10 percentage points on the 2020 vintage, at 4.6 million bottles.