Giacomo Bartolommei

The Path

Wine work in Siena and the Tuscan belt around Montalcino underpins the formation here. Giacomo Bartolommei trained at Ricasoli Agricultural Technical Institute in Siena and University of Siena, building a technical base before moving into roles tied closely to Brunello’s identity and its public face. That split between making and representing later became central to the work. Institutional responsibility came through Brunello di Montalcino Wine Consortium in Montalcino, where Giacomo Bartolommei served as vice-president until 2025. In 2025, he became president of Brunello di Montalcino Wine Consortium, while continuing as winemaker and export manager at Caprili, where he has held both roles since 2016. The career line runs through cellar, consortium, and market, rather than staying in one lane.

The Work Today

Since 2016, Caprili in Montalcino, Italy, has been the site of Giacomo Bartolommei’s winemaking, with Brunello di Montalcino as the main focus. The wine is treated not as a sealed category, but as a living conversation with contemporary drinkers. He also serves as export manager for the estate, carrying the cellar’s work outward and linking the bottles to markets beyond the place where they are made. The range at Caprili is approached without hierarchy. Giacomo Bartolommei does not frame the estate’s other reds as lesser bottlings; they sit within the same house logic as Brunello di Montalcino. That position points to an attention to the coherence of the cellar as a whole, from the denomination’s flagship wines to the reds that widen its expression. The denomination itself is described in plain terms, not in promotional language. “The image of Brunello can be a little dusty.” Giacomo Bartolommei says, naming the tension between tradition and the risk of being boxed in by it. “Brunello is still a wine for people who are over 50.” For him, the issue is not branding in the abstract, but who is actually drinking the wine now. “We are not seeing people under 50 much interested in it. This is the challenge.”

Signature

Giacomo's signature wines include Brunello di Montalcino, Brunello Riserva, Rosso di Montalcino, and 2019 Brunello di Montalcino.

In Their Words “We are not seeing people under 50 much interested in it. This is the challenge.” “The image of Brunello can be a little dusty.”

Acclaim

Bartolommei’s profile is shaped by the combination of Caprili, Brunello di Montalcino, and a work style that links technical production with export responsibilities. The through-line is Brunello di Montalcino, but the details show a producer attentive to the other reds in the cellar and to the next generation of drinkers outside it.