Voliero is a boutique project born out of a happy accident. In 2006, Andrea Cortonesi was already running his Uccelliera estate and a restaurant in Siena when a friend offered him grapes from a vineyard in northern Montalcino to make a wine for the trattoria's menu. Rather than fold that fruit into Uccelliera, he kept it separate and Voliero was born. 

Production remains very limited, with around 600 cases of Brunello and 400 cases of Rosso produced each year. The grapes come from the northern end of the Montalcino zone, at higher elevations than Uccelliera, and Andrea carries a minimalist approach, aiming to amplify purity and finesse rather than add anything extra. 

The higher-elevation sites and slightly older vines give the Brunello a quality that's genuinely hard to find. It is structured enough to age for decades, yet fresh enough that you don't have to wait.