Mastrojanni 2023 Rosso di Montalcino DOC
Item Number: 22838
UPC: None
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Sub Region: Montalcino
Appellation/AVA: Rosso di Montalcino DOC
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2023
Grape(s): 100% Sangiovese
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Viticulture: Practicing Biodynamic
Soil Type: Clay and sandstone
Tasting Notes: The Mastrojanni Rosso di Montalcino is characterized by an intriguing youthful classicism, featuring fragrant and juicy sour cherry. It is polished, as are all of Mastrojanni's wines, and pleasantly tannic and savory with some balsamic and spice suggestions. This fresh expression of Sangiovese from the estate's younger vines will pair beautifully with grilled meat, burgers, pizzas, and BBQ.
"Mastrojanni does a wonderful job of communicating the house style through their Rosso di Montalcino, along with showcasing its southern Montalcino fruit. This wine is produced from a vineyard designated for Rosso, and it’s intended to create a fresher, leaner, yet still energetic expression of Sangiovese, which it does in spades." - Vinous 1/2022
Winemaking Notes: The Sangiovese grapes are manually harvested, gently pressed, and transferred into brushed and resin-coated concrete vats for fermentation. Maceration on the skins last a minimum of 25 days. The wine matures in Allier oak barrels of varying sizes. It is bottled unfiltered. All work in the winery occurs by gravity.
Terroir Notes: It rains very little during the summer in central Italy. Montalcino might get two consecutive months without any rain. Therefore, the vines have to dig deep into the soil for water. Continuous sea breezes known as the Maestrale and the Libeccio keep the vines dry and the insects and plant diseases under control. In addition, Mastrojanni is located near Mount Amiata, a volcano which became extinct 700,000 years ago and which is 1,738 meters high. This mountain determines the Mastrojanni microclimate because at night cold winds come down from the mountain causing a large diurnal temperature change that refreshes the vines from the summer heat. When a storm is close by, curiously, this mountain often diverts it thanks to its rising currents. Mastrojanni is therefore better protected from hailstorms, for example, than other areas of Montalcino. Mastrojanni has been in conversion to biodynamics since 2022.