Grape Variety :
Sangiovese
Format : 750 mL
Degree of Alcohol : 14.5%
Bottles/Crate : 6
Caract. : Dry red wine
Inventory :
Cellier Collection
Format : 750 mL
Degree of Alcohol : 14.5%
Bottles/Crate : 6
Tasting :
"A wine that shows so much on the nose with dried-meat, wet-earth and fruit aromas and flavors. Changes all the time. Full body, velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Superb depth and length. Drink now or hold for as long as you’d like." -James Suckling
Wine Pairing :
Marinated Beef braised. Beef bourguignon. Deer skewer with pepper and cherry tomato. Rack of lamb à la Provençale.
Winemaking :
- Variety : Sangiovese 100%
- Age of vines : 35 years
- Yield of vines : 5000 kg/ha
- Irrigation : None
- Harvest : Manual
- Fermentation : Stainless steel during 25-30 days
- Maturation : 4 years in old Slovanian oak barrels. Fining in bottle during 10 months. With the lees. Malolactic fermentation.
- Type of yeast : Indigenous
- Fining : Lightly filtered
- Cellar : 15-25 years
- Decanting : 3+ hours
See the Press Review
Vintage 2016
- James Suckling : 97 pts.
- Wine Spectator : 97 pts.
Vintage 2015
- Wine Advocate- R. Parker : 98 pts.
- James Suckling : 98 pts.
- Vinous (Antonio Galloni ) 95 + pts.
- Wine Spectator 2021 : 95 pts.
VINTAGE 2013
- WINE ADVOCATE - R. PARKER 2019: 97 PTS.
- JAMES SUCKLING 06/2019: 93 PTS.
- WINE SPECTATOR: 95 PTS
Vintage 2012
- Wine Advocate - R. Parker 2018: 95 pts.
- Wine Spectator: 96 pts.
- James Suckling: 94 pts.
Vintage 2010
- Wine Spectator: 93 pts.
- Wine Advocate - R. Parker: 99 pts.
- James Suckling: 98 pts.