Castello di Monsanto
Castello di Monsanto Fabrizio Bianchi Sangioveto Grosso 2018
| Denomination | Toscana IGT |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Tuscany (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Sangiovese |
| Aging | In 500 liter French oak barrels partly new and partly second-hand for about 18 months. |
Description
Our Sangioveto Grosso is made from another of our crus, the “Scanni” vineyard. This wine is the embodiment of the revolutionary nature that has always been synonymous with the history of Castello di Monsanto. The vineyard was planted exclusively with Sangiovese vines in 1968 and produced its first harvest in 1974, in an exception to the Chianti Classico denomination rules that stated that no vineyards could be planted with a different ampelography to the historic system devised in 1800. The wine’s dissenting spirit has always been underlined by the decision to use Borgognotta bottles. An IGT wine, it is mellow and silky in its younger years but has a powerful capacity to stand up to aging.
Awards
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2018
94/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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2018
92/100
The prestigious international wine guide from the renowned Robert Parker, the world's most experienced and trusted wine taster.
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2018
3One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
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2018
90/100
Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1962
- Oenologist: Andrea Giovannini
- Bottles produced: 450.000
- Hectares: 72
Wine in Tuscany was not yet ready for a revolution. Audacity, determination, and foresight were key to pursuing ideas that might have seemed obscure at the time, but later played a large part in the history of Chianti Classico. Today Laura, Fabrizio's daughter, continues what her father, thanks to her grandfather Aldo, started, by transforming longstanding tradition with pride and tenacity. Because the future passes right through here: from what was built yesterday for a better tomorrow. Read more
| Name | Castello di Monsanto Fabrizio Bianchi Sangioveto Grosso 2018 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Toscana IGT |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Sangiovese |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Castello di Monsanto |
| Origin | Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI) |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Wine making | In truncated conical steel vats at controlled temperature with emptying system (Délestage) and pumping over for about 20 days. |
| Aging | In 500 liter French oak barrels partly new and partly second-hand for about 18 months. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
