Rosso di Montalcino

Montalcino · Italy·Vintage 2023

Certified organic

Tasting note

Rosso di Montalcino has the same working procedure as Brunello. The only difference is that Rosso is aged for a shorter time. It is a bright red color. Intense violet, black cherry and licorice on the nose. Then similar flavors in the mouth, with a balsamic note lingering nicely on the youthfully chewy, persistent and strongly spicy (cloves, especially) finish. Interestingly, this enters herbal and develops more and more fruit as it sits in the glass. Aged 14 months of used 20-30hL Slavonian oak.

The wine

Grape: Sangiovese Grosso 100% (BBS11 clone)
Style: Red
Alcohol: 13.5%
Size: 750ml
Winemaker: Lorenzo Magnelli
Altitude: North-facing vineyards plus one south-facing vineyard at 500 m
Vine age: 25, 32 and 36 years (north-facing) and 10 years (south-facing)
Yield: 45 quintals/ha
Serve at: 16–18°C; open 1–5 hours before serving
Drink: Optimal ageing 1–10 years (producer); Kerin O'Keefe: drink by 2028

Vinification: Hand-selected bunches harvested 12-13 September 2023. Traditional fermentation in temperature-controlled vats; fermented and macerated 20 days at max. 29°C, with pump-overs, punch-downs and some délestage.
Ageing: 12 months in young Slavonian oak casks (average 30 hl), then reassembled in a large concrete vat; bottled January 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.

Montalcino, Tuscany