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 his D.O.C. has borrowed its name from the Romanesque Abbey of Sant'Antimo, one of the monumental symbols of Montalcino, in Tuscany. Built in the 12th century at the foot of a hill called Castelnuovo dell'Abate, the abbey sits in mystic solitude in a valley surrounded by nothing else but vineyards, olive groves and cypresses.With the only exception of a small area to the northeast, the Sant'Antimo D.O.C. covers exactly the same territory as Montalcino's famed Brunello, Rosso, and Moscadello wines. The appellation has had a dual effect: it has helped establish those local wines that didn't fit the bill for Montalcino's better-known reds and it has allowed the winemakers to experiment without modifying those age-old techniques that are behind the production of the area's finest wines. In order to make this possible, the D.O.C. regulation for Sant'Antimo leaves ample room for wines obtained from the so-called international grape varieties, which year after year prove to be capable of adapting to this extraordinary territory.
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