Poggio alle Nane 2023

Description

Still red from Maremma Toscana DOC, 14% ABV, produced by Le Mortelle (Antinori). Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Carmènere. 0.75 L bottle, 2023 vintage. A wine born in the heart of Maremma Toscana, from an estate that has been producing high-quality wines since 1999. The grapes, carefully selected and hand-picked into crates, were then re-selected on sorting tables before destemming and gentle pressing. The wine was transferred to barriques, where malolactic fermentation took place and then aged in French oak for 16 months. On the nose, intense fruity notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, and red plum alternate with sweet hints of vanilla, powdered sugar, and pleasant spicy and balsamic sensations of blond tobacco and eucalyptus. The entry is enveloping, supported by sweet and refined tannins that accompany a long, persistent finish characterized by notes of cocoa and myrtle.

Details

Perfume

On the nose, intense fruity notes of currant, blackberry and red plum alternate with sweet hints of vanilla, icing sugar and pleasant spicy and balsamic sensations of blond tobacco and eucalyptus.

Color

Ruby red with violet hues.

Taste

The entrance is enveloping, supported by sweet and refined tannins that accompany a long, persistent finish marked by notes of cocoa and myrtle.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Le Mortelle (Antinori)

From this winery

• Start up year: 1999
• Oenologist: Renzo Cotarella
• Hectares: 160

Le Mortelle estate is in the heart of Maremma in Tuscany, near the town of Castiglione della Pescaia set in an extraordinary and fascinating position both for the territory’s unparalleled natural beauty and its historical heritage and culture. Since 1999, when the property was acquired, the family has dedicated their efforts to improving the vineyards and building the new winery with the firm belief that this area, slowly emerging on the Italian viticultural horizon, has great potential for the production of high quality wines.

Varieties grown in this area can fully express their own characteristics as well as the exceptional qualities of the terroir. The property extends over an area of 270 hectares (667 acres) 170 of which (420 acres) are planted with vineyards. Read more

Tuscany

Technical Sheet

Name	Le Mortelle Poggio alle Nane 2023
Type	Red still
Denomination	Maremma Toscana DOC
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmènere
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Vendor	Le Mortelle (Antinori)
Story	Fattoria Le Mortelle is located in the heart of the Tuscan Maremma, just a few kilometres from Castiglione della Pescaia, in an extraordinary and fascinating position, both in terms of nature and the history of the places that surround it. The Antinori family has always been present in these lands. In 1863, a patrimonial deed mentions Poggio Franco, one of the estate's most vocated vineyards, along with other parcels of land. Since 1999, the family has been working on both the vineyards and the new cellar with the conviction that the area, still emerging in the Italian wine scene, is highly suited to the production of quality wines and that the characteristics of the terroir and the varieties cultivated can best be expressed here. The farm extends over 270 hectares, 170 of which are planted with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc vines, in addition to more recent plantings of white varieties such as Vermentino, Ansonica and Viognier, and a small quota of Carménère. The soil, of medium texture, sandy and loamy, has a predominantly siliceous-clayey composition and is, in certain areas, rich in skeleton. Poggio alle Nane is the result of blending the best grapes of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and a small proportion of Carménère with the unique terroir of the vineyards of Poggio alle Nane, one of the most vocated areas of the estate and capable of producing grapes of extraordinary quality. A wine with great aromatic complexity and an elegant dense tannic texture.
Origin	Castiglione della Pescaia (GR)
Soil composition	Medium-textured, sandy soil, with a predominantly siliceous-clay composition and rich in skeleton.
Harvest	The grapes, carefully chosen and hand-picked into crates, are sorted again on sorting tables before destemming and soft crushing.
Fermentation temperature	28 °C
Wine making	The crushed grapes were transferred by gravity into troncoconical stainless steel tanks, where alcoholic fermentation took place at a controlled temperature of 28 °C and maceration continued for around 20 days.
Aging	The wine was transferred to barrique barrels, where malolactic fermentation and subsequent ageing in French oak barrels took place for 16 months.
Allergens	Contains sulphites