2016 | Tenuta di Valgiano | Rosso

Dark, translucent ruby red shimmers in the glass, looks elegant at first sight. Inviting scent of red and black fruit aromas, a mixture of wild berries and sour cherries. And then again this spiciness so typical for Tenuta di Valgiano, herbal and mineral, fresh and yet Mediterranean, simply incomparable. On the palate, full-bodied, very juicy, extract-sweet fruit, again accompanied by this mineral spiciness. Juicy, deep, with silky elegant tannin structure, with wonderfully balanced fruit-acid play. A wine with finesse and piquancy, length. Definitely worth tasting!

Reviews:

• Vinous: A heady, flamboyant wine, the 2016 possesses tremendous breadth as well as a real sense of authority. Dark berry fruit, herbs, sage, tobacco, licorice and scorched earth are some of the elements that run through the 2016. The wine offers tons of intrigue in its exotic, powerful personality.

• Falstaff: Bright, rich ruby red. Open-hearted, ripe cherry nose, of ripe plums, earthy, of truffle and sealing wax, slightly resinous, very independent and mysterious. Juicy and tightly tannic on the palate, stretches over the tongue in a pithy, earthy way, lively, very salty and emphatic on the final."

Producer Information

Tenuta di Valgiano is the gateway to a different Tuscany. The manicured estates of Montalcino seem a world away; here in the hills above the city of Lucca, dense forests hide weather-worn villas and older-vine vineyards, with climbing herbs winding round “palistorti,” crooked stakes that mark each vine row. There is something wilder and more alive in these verdant hills, and the grapes grown here share this energy, this vitality. Tenuta di Valgiano makes true “terroir” wines – wines that once you taste them, inspire a feeling that you are being spoken to in a new language that is undeniably exciting. Biodynamics is the core of this new tongue, a rhythm to which everything moves at the estate: the vineyards and olive trees, the bees and chickens. Moreno Petrini and Laura di Collobiano would have it no other way—for them, the soul of Valgiano must be present in each bottle. And that soul is comprised of everything—and everyone—that calls Valgiano home. The humus-rich soils, carefully kept in balance through biodynamic cultivation. The Tuscan sun that is so generous with its rays. The wild herbs and pine trees that perfume each valley and hilltop. The smiles of friends and family who with their laughter and support, have made Valgiano the vinous oasis it has become.

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