Fonterenza Rosso di Montalcino 2021 750ml

100% Sangiovese Grosso. The fruit for the Rosso di Montalcino bottling comes from Fonterenza’s contiguous and hilly 4.2 hectares of vines near the village of Poggio San Polo is the SE part of the Montalcino zone. The complex clay soils are various and rich in limestone, sandstone and schist. The vines are certified biodynamic and harvested by hand. Each plot is vinified separately. The fruit is destemmed, crushed and fermented with native yeasts in open-top vats with a maceration of 15-20 days. The separate parcels are then blended and aged in used Slavonian oak botti of 35 hectoliters for 24 months, before being bottled without filtration. The Rosso vines fall within Brunello boundaries–these are not lesser plots used for the lesser Rosso classification–but when the Padovani sisters began Fonterenza in 1997, the DOCG had been closed to any further production (they won an exception allowing 7500 kg. or about 1 hectare’s worth of their 4.2 total to be bottled as Brunello).

• Country: Italy
• Region: Tuscany
• Appellation: Rosso Di Montalcino
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Red

Varietal

Sangiovese

The name of this grape, meaning ‘blood of Jove’ conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively ”“ full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.