Il Paradiso di Manfredi Rosso di Montalcinco
Regular price $115.00
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Essentially the same wine as the Brunello or Riserva, the only difference being time spent in barrel. The Rosso di Montalcino is one of the great relative bargains of Montalcino.
- Grape: Sangiovese
- Region: Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
About the winemaker
Il Paradiso di Manfredi today is one of the best expressions of traditional Brunello di Montalcino. Viticulture and vineyard rhythm is effectively biodynamic. Pesticides and weedkillers are eschewed, the waxing and waning of the moon determines activity in the vineyard and the winery. They hand-pick the grapes (yields are around 42hl/ha), the wild ferment takes place in concrete vats (no temperature control) after which the wine spends between 36 and 60 months in big casks of Slavenian oak (25/30 hl).
The wines are everything you hope for in great Sangiovese, displaying wild cherry fruit along with notes of herbs, leather, liquorice, pepper and spice and nascent prune, tar and tobacco aromas. All this is achieved in a distinctly traditional medium-bodied style without any excessive extraction.