Torre alle Tolfe Riserva Chianti Colli Senesi 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Torre alle Tolfe
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Subregion	Chianti
Varietal	Sangiovese
Vintage	2020
Sku	01280
Size	750ml

  

A luxurious, carefully knit wine – contemplative and complex. The wine is super smooth, with tannins softened by time in chestnut wood. The palate is rich with notes of sweet blackberry, cherry and plum, with a salty and umami note of soy that balances the wine’s fruitiness. Decant and serve with steak for a fittingly indulgent match.

Fermented and harvested in concrete vats. 20 days of maceration. Aging: 12 months in chestnut barrels

At Torre alle Tolfe, the wines are naturally juicy and supple, coming from altitudes of around 320m on young, sandy soils from the Pliocene era, rich in oyster fossils.  The terroir is very similar to Castelnuovo Berardenga, the southern part of Chianti Classico, which is about 17km east. The winery cleverly makes the two Chianti Colli Senesi wines from 100% Sangiovese.  This leaves the “the blending grapes”—Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo, and Colorino—to be vinified and released on their own, a rare chance to taste them in purezza.  All fermentations at the winery are spontaneous in glass-lined cement.   Aging also occurs in cement, though occasionally chestnut botti or used French tonneaux make appearances.  Each label depicts something from the estate's storied existence.