Appellations - from well known to obscure and sometimes irrelevant. All are welcome on our shelves so long as the wine is delicious, natural and farmed with real environmental benefits.
@tenutadicarleone Chianti Classico by
@seanilguercio is a pure, high-altitude Sangiovese with bright red fruit, firm but fine tannins and a clear mineral line, sitting at the fresher end of the Radda style Chianti’s. Compared with many other Chianti producers, Sean aims to use less oak and extraction, so the wines feel lighter on their feet, more precise and savoury, with emphasis on tension and length rather than a jammy sweetness of fruit.
Bramaterra tends to give a leaner, more incisive take on Nebbiolo than Barolo, with paler colour, higher, almost crackling acidity and firmer, more graphite-driven tannins. The cooler Alto Piemonte climate and volcanic, porphyry-rich soils pull the fruit profile towards tangy red berries, dried herbs and iron-tinged mineral notes rather than Barolo’s broader spectrum of ripe cherry, rose and tar. Where classic Barolo often feels denser, Bramaterra usually shows as taut, savoury and saline, trading sheer power for tension, lift and a more chiselled, tonic finish. We are lucky to get hold of this release from Lodovico as less than 700 bottles were made!
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