"...minerals, dried yellow flowers, and rich red fruits."
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| "Giovanna Morganti is quickly becoming recognized as one of the best of the new generation of Tuscan winemakers. Her small estate is a mere three hectares, and her [Chianti Classico] is called 'Le Trame' ('the intrigues') signifying the wheeling and dealing required to purchase the land. Giovanna’s father was a legendary oenologist who believed in Tuscan varietals long before the 'flying consultants' identified this area as a profit center. Podere Le Boncie is situated in the hamlet of San Felice which itself is located a handful of minutes north of Castelnuovo Berardenga, in the southern tier of the Chianti Classico zone.
Giovanna studied oenology herself and went to work in the mid 1980s for San Felice wines in Castelnuovo Berardenga, near Siena, on a project to plant around 300 traditional Tuscan grape varietals collected from old vineyards. When Giovanna’s father gave her a small farm with olive groves, called Le Boncie, she added a vineyard planted with her favorites from the experimental project – Sangiovese, obviously, but also Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Foglia tonda Mammolo and Prugnolo., The vineyard [is] planted to a very high density of 7000 vines per hectare and dedicated principally to Sangiovese (supplemented by a few rows of Fogliatonda and the others for blending) …. Vineyard work is conducted according to the general principles of biodynamic farming. Harvesting is by hand. Fermentation occurs in traditional open-topped wooden tanks. The elevage is long and tranquil with an occasional racking implemented to aerate the wine. Aging occurs in mid-size barrels; the wine is then left to age in bottle for at least six months prior to release. Thus, the normal rhythm results in the wine’s arrival in our cellars in New York not earlier than 30 months after harvest."
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| | | "Named for a 1.3 hectare parcel next to San Felice in Castelnuovo Berardenga — stony soils, less clay than the rest of Le Boncie’s holdings; 10-year-old vines usually used for Giovanna’s ‘Cinque’ bottling but that she felt were ready by 2018 to be used for this specific cuvée, and serving as a point of contrast to the ‘Le Trame’ bottling. Softer, more unctuous tannins coupled with fresh, pretty minerals, dried yellow flowers, and rich red fruits. Almost entirely Sangiovese, with a tiny bit of Canaiolo. Aged two years in Stockinger barrels."
Rosenthal Imports
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