• Le Chiuse Rosso di Montalcino 2023
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Le Chiuse · Montalcino, Italy

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Le Chiuse Rosso di Montalcino 2023

Le Chiuse Rosso di Montalcino 2023

Certified organic
$77.00
$77.00
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Vintage
Grape
Sangiovese Grosso 100% (BBS11 clone)
ABV
13.5%
Size
750ml
Region
Montalcino · Italy
Winemaker
Lorenzo Magnelli

Le Chiuse is one of the most historically important vineyards in Montalcino. It is where the first clone of Brunello was ever grown. It is still part of the Biondi Santi family who are credited with the introduction of Brunello two centuries ago. Today Simonetta, Nicolo and son Lorenzo produce some of the most impressive wines from Montalcino.

Organic Rosso di Montalcino has the same working procedure as Brunello. The only difference is that Rosso is aged for a shorter time. It is a bright red color. Intense violet, black cherry and licorice on the nose. Then similar flavors in the mouth, with a balsamic note lingering nicely on the youthfully chewy, persistent and strongly spicy (cloves, especially) finish. Interestingly, this enters herbal and develops more and more fruit as it sits in the glass. Aged 14 months of used 20-30hL Slavonian oak.

Producer
Le Chiuse sits on the north face of the Montalcino hill, on vineyards that belonged to the Biondi Santi family, the house credited with creating Brunello. Simonetta Valiani, Fiorella Biondi Santi's daughter, and her husband Nicolò Magnelli began bottling under the Le Chiuse name in the early 1990s, and their son Lorenzo has run the cellar since 2006. The estate farms its 100% Sangiovese Grosso (BBS11 clone) organically, certified since 2005, with long ageing in large Slavonian oak.

Tasting note
Rosso di Montalcino has the same working procedure as Brunello. The only difference is that Rosso is aged for a shorter time. It is a bright red color. Intense violet, black cherry and licorice on the nose. Then similar flavors in the mouth, with a balsamic note lingering nicely on the youthfully chewy, persistent and strongly spicy (cloves, especially) finish. Interestingly, this enters herbal and develops more and more fruit as it sits in the glass. Aged 14 months of used 20-30hL Slavonian oak.
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