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This powerful and elegant Tuscan red is a blend of old-vine Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, and a small amount of Merlot. The wine is aged in barriques (20% new) for nearly two years.
In the glass, the wine has a saturated, burnished ruby red color, with flashes of bright mahogany at the edge. Aromas of ripe amarena cherries, frutti di bosco, pomegranate, and eucalyptus, move in and out of the background, sometimes changing places with tree mushrooms, sweet sage, and sigaro toscano, along with a fleeting suggestion of cuoio fiorentino (the fine Florentine leather always called to mind in the aromatics of great Tuscan wine). On the palate, the wine is generous and silky, with mineral-laced flavors of red currants, spiced orange, and sweet Tuscan herbs, all bracketed by ripe dusty tannins and softly integrated berry acidity, which carry the flavors through a long, elegant, beautifully bitter finish that begs you to take another sip. Drink now – 2030.
About this wine producer: When Swiss architect Wendel Gelpke bought Corzano in the early 1970s, he promised the Marchese Ippolito Niccolini that his run-down seventy-hectare estate would remain intact forever. He made the same covenant with the Marchesa Rangoni-Machiavelli when he bought her Fattoria di Paterno. Together, they form a 140-hectare estate that produces some of the finest olive oil, sheep’s milk cheeses, and wine in all of Tuscany. A member of Wendel Gelpke’s family manages every activity, including the holiday rental of the beautifully restored farmhouses and apartments. Aljoscha Goldschmidt, the managing agronomist and winemaker, is Wendel Gelpke’s nephew. If you ever meet “Joschi,” you are as likely to be charmed by his musical, Dutch-accented English as by his irresistible wines.
$49.00