Riecine La Gioia

In the glass

Aroma: sour cherry, rose petal, wild herbs, graphite

Palate: red plum, iron, balsamic, tobacco

Riecine's flagship pure Sangiovese IGT from Gaiole, vegan-vinified and ICEA-organic, with rose-and-iron precision.

What it pairs with

• Pheasant with wild herbs
  Herbal lift in the wine echoes the dish.
• Roast venison
  Game classic for Riecine's mid-weight tannin.
• Aged Pecorino Toscano
  Crystalline cheese sharpens the wine's red-fruit acid.

History

Englishman John Dunkley created La Gioia in 1982 as Riecine's pure Sangiovese Super Tuscan from Gaiole. Estate now owned by Lana Frank with vegan vinification and ICEA-organic farming.

1. 1982 — First vintage of La Gioia
2. 2014 — Estate certified organic by ICEA

Facts

Producer

Riecine

Grapes

Sangiovese (100%)

Classification

Toscana IGT

Oak

18 months in French oak tonneaux

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 80 to 120 at retail

Drinking window

5 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

1982

Scores

• Wine Advocate 96 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)
• Vinous 95 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)

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