Montevertine 2022

Montevertine 2022

Montevertine
$125.00

Grape: Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Colorino
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red

This estate red wine blends sangiovese, canaiolo, and colorino sourced from mid-slope parcels in Radda in Chianti. The fruit grows on high-elevation galestro and limestone soils that naturally protect structural freshness during warm growing seasons. The winemaking involves a traditional twenty-five day skin maceration inside neutral concrete vats with native wild yeasts. The wine matures for two full years in large Slavonian oak casks to allow the components to settle naturally.

It pours a translucent ruby color, opening with a detailed bouquet of black cherry, dried sage, and blood orange zest. On the palate, a medium-bodied frame pairs a savory core of red fruit with fine-grained tannins. A sharp line of limestone acidity slices through the texture, providing excellent vertical lift. Subtle notes of iron and crushed gravel add depth across the fluid mouthfeel. It concludes with a long, bone-dry finish.

Winery

Montevertine is one of Tuscany’s most revered historic wine estates, located 425 meters above sea level in the high-elevation hills of Radda in Chianti, Italy. Founded in 1967 by Sergio Manetti and run today by his son Martino, the estate spans 18 hectares of rocky, calcareous soils planted almost exclusively to native varieties: 90% Sangiovese alongside traditional blending grapes Canaiolo and Colorino. Montevertine occupies a legendary, rebellious place in Italian wine history; in 1981, Manetti chose to leave the Chianti Classico consortium entirely rather than comply with a mandate to blend white grapes into his reds. Because of this defiance, the estate voluntarily relegated its production to the broader Toscana IGT classification, yet wine purists worldwide still consider it the absolute purest blueprint of traditional Chianti terroir.

The estate's minimalist, organic winemaking relies entirely on concrete vats, gravity-fed movement, and traditional Slavonian oak aging to craft three highly allocated, unfiltered red wines. Pian del Ciampolo serves as the estate's fresh, approachable entry-level bottling, while the namesake Montevertine offers a deeply structured, savory blend built for aging. The crown jewel of the portfolio is Le Pergole Torte, a legendary 100% Sangiovese cult wine sourced strictly from the estate's oldest 1968 vines. Renowned for its multi-decade aging potential and its striking, collectible labels featuring women's faces painted by artist Alberto Manfredi, it stands as one of Italy's greatest vinous masterpieces.