It has a long and rich history of this superb wine awards, whose origins date back to 1300. The name seems to derive from a noble, in addition to his skills as a fine, by the fact that the production, in a small hilly area in the town of Montepulciano, was treated in particular by the noble families of the place. One of the stories about the origin of its name tells, however, has been attributed to the wine of Montepulciano where, in the eighteenth century, was selected and used nell’uvaggio Prugnolo Gentile, clone of Sangiovese Grosso, with greater elegance and nobility.
