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La Ricolma 2022 150cl

IGT | Toscana | Tuscany | Italy
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2022
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98 Vinous
97 Robert Parker
One of Italy's great Merlots, this wine is a perennial benchmark for international varieties cultivated in Tuscany. The San Giusto a Rentennano 2022 La Ricolma is an organic wine that straddles a delicate balance between richness and elegance. This vintage leans a little bit more onto the concentrated side of the spectrum with black fruits, a velvety texture and excellent complexity. Beyond the fruit, I get hints of toasted spice, earth, blue flower, green caper and apricot. La Ricolma ages in 225-liter barrel from tight-grained Allier and Nevers oak for 22 months. Production is 4,752 bottles.
97 James Suckling
Ripe berry and violet aromas follow through to a medium body with tight and focused tannins and a flavorful finish. Some orange, lemon and crushed stone undertones at the end. From organically grown grapes. Needs time to open. Best after 2026.
Producer
Fattoria San Giusto
Located in the southernmost Chianti Classico zone, San Giusto a Rentennano began life as a medieval monastery of Cistercian nuns and was called San Giusto alle Monache ("of the Nuns"). The oldest part of it was built in the early 13th century and today some portions of the ancient fortification still stand, including its crenellated battlements, massive barbican walls and underground vaults, which are used today as the their ageing cellars. In 1957, it was inherited by Enrico Martini di Cigala and in 1992, it passed to his children, who now manage the property. This impressive estate is comprised of 160 hectares (certified organic in 2009) and has a microclimate that is characterized by considerable day and night temperature differences, enabling the grapes to take their time to ripen. The estate produces two Chianti Classicos as well as IGTs, including Percarlo, a 100% Sangiovese wine from their finest and lowest yielding vines.