Cerbaiona - Sangiovese di Toscana 2021 (750ml)
Price: $54.99
| Producer | Cerbaiona |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Varietal | Sangiovese |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 203827 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Cerbaiona Description
There are now over 200 bottling producers of Brunello but when people speak of the top tier we are talking about an interchangeable 10 names depending one’s preference stylistically. Soldera, Biondi Santi, Salvioni, and Cerbaiona would be most people’s pick for top 5 Brunello producers (not necessarily in that order). What makes the Cerbaiona Brunello so unique is the conscious coupling of great terrior and minimalist intervention. What arrives is a clear representation of one of the greatest Brunello vineyards bottling wine today.
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Cerbaiona was founded by retired Alitalia pilot Diego Molinari in 1977. The winery has remained one of the most sought after and historically important Brunello wineries from their very first bottling in the early '80s. The Cerbaiona vineyard had been a legend for nearly 200 years but with the advent of the Brunello DOCG it immediately began to shine on the world stage gaining cult status, sought after by collectors and connoisseurs. Consistently listed in the top five by Brunello collectors and critics alike, the secret to the success of Cerbaiona was in the terroir and vineyard microclimate as well as the traditional interpretation in the cellar. This created the perfect symbiosis of age-worthiness and delicious complexity which is the hallmark of great wines.
In the fall of 2015, Diego Molinari, age 84, sold Cerbaiona to a group of investors led by Gary Rieschel, an American wine collector, and Matthew Fioretti, the estate's new manager who runs all aspects of Cerbaiona. Maurizio Bovini, with his decades of experience in vineyard and cellar management, joined Cerbaiona in April 2016. This group has brought together its passion for farming and wine to guide and move forward Cerbaiona. At the end of 2015, Cerbaiona converted to organic farming.
The vineyards at Cerbaiona consist of three plots planted in 1978, 1983, and 2000 at 3,600 vines per hectare. One of the projects for the new owners was to begin to increase the vine density as well as replace retired vines with the stock of Sangiovese clones specifically suited to the soil and micro-climate. The intentions here are to magnify the great terroir and fruit of the already exceptional vines while maintaining the traditional style and unique reflections of the already great wines that have been produced from the estate.
Today, Cerbaiona produces 10,000 - 15,000 bottles of Brunello di Montalcino per year (1600-2500 x 6pk cases). Depending on the vintage, 3,000 - 5,000 bottles of Rosso di Montalcino are also produced. To ensure quality and selection, sometimes small lots of Sangiovese IGT are also bottled.
Tasting Note: bright ruby red color. It has intense, fruity aromas of ripe cherry, marasca cherry, small dark berry fruits, currant, blackberry, floral nuances of violet, soft spices, Mediterranean scrub herbs, licorice root, and hints of brushwood and leather. The wine is rich, fruity, and soft on the palate, with elegant tannins and a medium persistence finish. It has a good structure, with a pleasantly dense and evolved tannic texture and ripe fruit. The palate is broad and enveloping, long and deep, characterized by a remarkable gustatory persistence and a harmonious and very balanced finish.
