Montevertine Le Pergole Torte 2023

Montevertine sits in Radda in Chianti, in the heart of Chianti Classico. Sergio Manetti bought the property in 1967 and began making wine soon after. In 1981 he left the Chianti Classico consortium rather than add white Trebbiano to his Sangiovese, as the rules then required, and his wines have been labelled simply as Toscana IGT ever since. Today his son Martino runs the estate, farming along biodynamic lines without formal certification and working with Sangiovese alongside the local Canaiolo and Colorino.

Le Pergole Torte is Montevertine's flagship, first made in 1977 and the first wine from Radda in Chianti made entirely from Sangiovese. It comes from selected parcels of the estate's oldest vines and is aged for a year in barrique, then a further year in large Slavonian oak casks. Every vintage carries a label by the artist Alberto Manfredi. The 2023 is a restrained, graceful vintage, with red fruits, leather, earthy notes and spice, and a quietly layered complexity that will unfold over many years in the cellar.