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Jacopo Biondi Santi Castello di Montepò Sangiovese Maceone Toscana 2019
Jacopo Biondi Santi Castello di Montepò Sangiovese Maceone Toscana 2019

Reviews

98 - Decanter -

98 - Tasting Panel -

Technical Details

  • Blend 100% Sangiovese
  • Winemaker Tancredi Biondi Santi
  • Country Italy
  • Region Tuscany
  • Appellation Tuscany
  • Vineyard Maceone
  • Farming Method Sustainable Practices
  • Oak 100% French oak
  • Aging / Cooperage 24 months
  • Alcohol 15%

Jacopo Biondi Santi Castello di Montepò Sangiovese Maceone Toscana 2019

Sangiovese | Tuscany

TP98, DC98

Sustainable Practices

$275.00

750ML

We scored first access to these wines here in the USA – perhaps the most collectible new Italian wine to hit the market in quite some time! Super limited!

This plot is on the opposite side of the estate from Poggio Ferro, with an east/west orientation, on clay marl soils leading to drastically different wines. The winemaking is the same, the clonal material and aging regiment the same, but this wine is richer, rounder, with a spicy, almost hedonistic depth, and a warm, savory character. Despite the same age of the vines (20-25 years old) as Poggio Ferro – these are the thicker and more developed of the two, and the wine showcases this exceptionally well. Dusty cherries, savory smoky notes, with dried flowers, and cassis, then heady notes of licorice, grilled herbs, new leather, mushrooms, and truffles, all with a salty, graphite finish, and a final note of roasting coffee beans. It’s immensely layered and just starting to open up...yet shows best after a long decant, and with the staying power of decades to come. This is the sleeper in the bunch – don’t be surprised if it ends up being your favorite.

About The Producer

Castello di Montepò was purchased in the 1980s, and meticulously planted by Jacopo Biondi-Santi. Only about 10 miles from the Mediterranean Sea, and twenty miles south of Montalcino, this stunning property shares the famous galestro soils of Chianti, with a mixture of silt, and clay deposits that add diversity to the myriad blocks spread over 120+ acres of vineyards. Jacopo’s son, Tancredi, heads up the project today, guided by his father and a passion to create a new benchmark for Maremma. This is THE winery to watch in Tuscany.