![]() ![]() Tuttavia fu solo negli anni '70 che gli appassionati di vino iniziarono a prestare attenzione al Brunello di Montalcino, che ormai stava diventando un vino eccezionale. Altri coltivatori hanno seguito l'esempio. ![]() La stessa Montalcino è una pittoresca cittadina collinare non particolarmente nota per la produzione di vino fino alla metà del XIX secolo, quando un proprietario di un vigneto locale isolò il clone di Brunello e lo piantò. A differenza di alcune denominazioni toscane che consentono di assemblare altre uve con il Sangiovese, il Brunello di Montalcino è interamente Sangiovese. Situato nella Toscana centro-meridionale sotto il Chianti, i vini del Brunello di Montalcino DOCG sono fatti di un clone di Sangiovese chiamato "brunello", che significa "piccolo scuro", un riferimento ai toni marroni nella buccia dell'uva. Il Brunello di Montalcino è considerato una delle migliori denominazioni italiane. Aged for 8 months in French and American oak barrels of 2 and 3 wines (barrels used for the Guidalberto cuvée).Ĭharacteristics and tasting notes for Tenuta San Guido Le Difese 2020ĭense and structured, this Tuscan wine reveals soft tannins and an aromatic framework of great complexity. Maceration in contact with the skins for 13-18 days depending on the grape variety, with frequent pumping over and decanting to ensure optimal extraction. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. ![]() The grapes are hand-picked and hand-selected before being delicately de-stemmed. Despite the lower yields, the quality is excellent. From mid-June onwards, sunny, hot and dry days settled in without consequences for the vineyard thanks to the sufficient water reserves. Although the appearance of secondary buds led to a decline in yields, the quality and concentration were better. The drop in temperatures and the frosts recorded at the end of March did not have an excessive impact on the vineyard. The mildness of spring favored early budding in the vineyard. Located between 100 and 300 meters above sea level, these vineyards have a west/south-west exposure.Īutumn and early winter were characterized by high humidity and temperatures that alternated between mild and cool. Produced since 2002, Tenuta San Guido's Difese 2020 is a Tuscan IGT wine obtained from vineyards planted on a mosaic of soils composed of limestone, stones, pebbles and partly clay. In 1983, Tenuta San Guido became the first estate in Italy to receive its own denomination with the consecration of the Bolgheri DOC in 1983. In 1942, Mario decided to plant Cabernet Sauvignon vines in this area of Tuscany, thus signing the birth of Sassicaia a few years later. Tenuta San Guido is a point of reference for the great wines of Tuscany, located between Livorno and Grosseto, born from the marriage between the Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta and Clarice della Gherardesca. The finesse and aromatic richness of a Tuscan red wine Since the 1982 vintage, the blend has been 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. Beginning with this vintage, Tignanello stopped adhering to the rules laid down by Chianti Classico Disciplinare, and with the 1975 vintage, white grapes were totally eliminated. With the 1971 vintage the wine became a Vino da Tavola della Toscana and was named Tignanello after the vineyard from which it originates. Tignanello, originally a Chianti Classico Riserva labeled Vigneto Tignanello, was first vinified as a single vineyard wine in the 1970 vintage, when it contained 20% Canaiolo and 5% Trebbiano and Malvasia, and was aged in small oak cooperage. In all three instances, it set the example for a new breed of exceptional top-of-the-line Italian wine. It was the first Sangiovese to be aged in small oak barrels, the first red wine in modern times to use a non-traditional grape variety, Cabernet, in the blend, and among the first red wines made in Chianti with no white grapes. The original Super-Tuscan, Tignanello is produced exclusively from the Tignanello vineyard, a 47 hectares (116 acres) southwest-facing, calcareous rocky-marl and limestone soil plot with tufaceous elements, planted between 1,150 and 1,312 feet above sea level at Antinori’s Santa Cristina Estate. Intensely fruity and complex on the nose, full-bodied, rich and complex in the mouth with exceptional structure and a lengthy finish.
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