In the glass
Aroma: sour cherry, tobacco, violet, iron
Palate: red cherry, dried herbs, leather, graphite
The Montevertine field blend, Sangiovese-led with Canaiolo and Colorino, aged in Slavonian botti. Traditional Tuscan Sangiovese transparency: red cherry, tobacco and iron over a long acid spine.
What it pairs with
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Wild boar pappardelle
Game ragu meets the wine's leather and dried-herb register. -
Roast leg of lamb with rosemary
Lamb fat finds the firm Sangiovese tannin; rosemary echoes the herbal lift. -
Pecorino di Pienza, aged
Sheep's-milk salt sharpens the wine's sour-cherry brightness.
History
Sergio Manetti's Montevertine bottling first appeared in 1971 as a Chianti Classico Riserva. After the 1981 consortium withdrawal it was reclassified, and from 1982 it has carried the simple Montevertine name on the Toscana IGT bottle. The field-blend recipe of Sangiovese with small Canaiolo and Colorino shares has been unchanged since.
- 1971 — First Montevertine vintage, bottled as Chianti Classico
- 1981 — Estate withdraws from Chianti Classico consortium
- 1982 — Wine is renamed simply Montevertine, reclassified as Vino da Tavola then Toscana IGT
Facts
- Producer
- Montevertine
- Grapes
- Sangiovese (90%), Canaiolo (5%), Colorino (5%)
- Classification
- Toscana IGT (produced 1971 to 1981 as Chianti Classico Montevertine; reclassified after consortium withdrawal)
- Oak
- 24 months in Slavonian oak casks, then around three months in bottle
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 50 to 90 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1971
Scores
- Wine Advocate 94 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)
- Vinous 94 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)