Le Bèrne
(Winery in Montepulciano)

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About Winery and Wines

Podere Le Bèrne is an historical winery located in Cervognano, a small village south-east of Montepulciano. We produce Nobile di Montepulciano, the first DOCG in Italy.  Our wines are produced using traditional methods, because we have been established in this region for a long time. In fact, once upon a time Le Bèrne was a sharecropping farm, till Egisto Natalini with his son Giuliano bought the farm in 1967. In 1969 they planted the first vineyard, starting the production of Nobile di Montepulciano wine. Initially it was sold as table wine and then, thanks to their children, Andrea and Laura, in 1997 the first bottle of Nobile di Montepulciano was produced. Today the whole family works in the winery, so that the experience of Andrea and Laura can be accompanied by the energy and ideas of the youngest members. 

Le Bèrne has 13 hectares of vineyards. We don't use herbicides and pesticides, for us the most important thing is the health of the vineyard and the soil, we make our own compost and we make cover crops. For us you can be the best winemaker ever but if you don't have high quality of grapes, good vineyard and good soil you can't make high quality of wine. The vineyards are all located in Cervognano, it’s a small village in the south-east part of Montepulciano. The Sangiovese  is our most cultivated grape, accompanied by other local varieties. Our philosophy of winemaking is that the final product must represent the territory and the producer, so our wines are authentic, fine and elegant.

We are specialized in the production of  Rosso di Montepulciano and Nobile di Montepulciano. They are all 100% Sangiovese. Rosso di Montepulciano is obtained from the young vineyards, it’s fruity and fresh. Then, we produce three kinds of Nobile, one is the classic lable obtained from a blend of vineyards, the goal is to find the balance,  and then two single vineyards for valuing the soil and the vineyard. One is Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva, obtained for an old  vineyard planted in 1969, clay soil and south exposure, a full body and powerful wine. The other Nobile is "Cervognano Alto", our highest vineyard with a rocky and calcarous soil, north-west exposure. This wine is very elegant and refined. Also we produce Vinsanto, our special sweet wine produced in a very small quantity. Our goal is to produce high quality of wine taling about vineyard and soil. Also we produce a white wine made with 100% Viognier and a Rosato made with 100% Canaiolo. Very good is the quality of our Extra Vergin Olive Oil

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