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Le Chiuse
Brunello di Montalcino
Montalcino · Italy·Vintage 2021
Certified organicCritics
Tasting note
Aromas of woodland berry, new leather, blue flower and a baby powder shape the enticing nose on this fragrant red. Juicy and bright, the polished, delicious palate doles out crushed raspberry, cherry compote and baking spice alongside taut, refined tannins. Fresh acidity keeps it balanced while a licorice note graces the finish.
The wine
- Grape
- Sangiovese Grosso 100% (BBS11 clone)
- Style
- Red
- Alcohol
- 14.79%
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Lorenzo Magnelli
- Closure
- Natural one-piece cork (49×26 mm), neutrality-certified
- Vine age
- 23, 30 and 34 years (three north-facing vineyards, 7 ha)
- Yield
- 40 quintals/ha
- Serve at
- 16–18°C; open 8–12 hours before serving
- Drink
- Optimal ageing 5–25 years (producer)
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested 14-15 September 2021. Traditional fermentation in temperature-controlled vats with indigenous yeasts; fermented and macerated for 21 days at max. 29°C, with pump-overs, punch-downs and some délestage.
- Ageing
- 36 months in Slavonian oak casks (average 20 hl), then reassembled in a large concrete vat; bottled May 2025.
- Soil
- Oceanic-origin soils with sandstone, tuff and clay streaks
The producer
Le Chiuse
Montalcino, TuscanyFounded 19929 ha of vineyardlechiuse.com
Le Chiuse sits on the north face of the Montalcino hill, on vineyards that belonged to the Biondi Santi family, the house credited with creating Brunello. Simonetta Valiani, Fiorella Biondi Santi's daughter, and her husband Nicolò Magnelli began bottling under the Le Chiuse name in the early 1990s, and their son Lorenzo has run the cellar since 2006. The estate farms its 100% Sangiovese Grosso (BBS11 clone) organically, certified since 2005, with long ageing in large Slavonian oak.