2009 Palistorti, Valgiano, Colline Lucchesi Rosso, Tuscany

2009 Palistorti, Valgiano, Colline Lucchesi Rosso, Tuscany

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2009 Palistorti, Valgiano, Colline Lucchesi Rosso, Tuscany

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The 2009 Palistorti red is a blend of 70% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot, 10% Syrah is full-bodied and saturated in colour, decadent almost with a minty, liquorice lift, while violet creams dominate the palate, such is the dense black chocolate texture and character of the palate; a wine that was vinified in 60% oak and 40% cement. Best tucked away for several years before serving with a shoulder of lamb.
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer

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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
The 2009 Palistorti di Valgiano is a beautiful, radiant wine graced with exquisite finesse in its dark red fruit. It shows compelling inner palate sweetness, with more than enough minerality to balance some of the vintage’s riper qualities. Vintage 2009 was characterized by warm, hot weather until a big storm hit in mid-September. Still, this entry-level bottling shows terrific harmony and bodes quite well for the flagship 2009 Tenuta.
Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate - Issue#196 Aug 2011 Read more

About this WINE

Valgiano, Tuscany

Valgiano, Tuscany

Since the 1990s, the team of Laura di Collobiano, Moreno Petrini & winemaker/viticulturalist Saverio Petrilli have breathed new life into this stunning 16th century Tuscan estate, Valgiano.

As part of the Colline Lucchesi DOC overlooking Lucca, Valgiano is blessed with a mix of both limestone & sandstone soils, near perfect aspect, & a constant stream of bristlingly-pure water which spills off Monte Barbona rising nearly a 1000 metres above them.

This near perfect terroir encouraged Valgiano to convert to organic viticulture in 1997 & to biodynamics in 2002. Traditional methods are used in the cellar, employing a mix of stainless-steel & french oak, while technological interference is kept to a minimum.

The objective is to produce, in the simplest possible way, wines that are an expression of the place in which they are cultivated.

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Sangiovese

Sangiovese

A black grape widely grown in Central Italy and the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano as well as being the sole permitted grape for the famed Brunello di Montalcino.

It is a high yielding, late ripening grape that performs best on well-drained calcareous soils on south-facing hillsides. For years it was blighted by poor clonal selection and massive overcropping - however since the 1980s the quality of Sangiovese-based wines has rocketed upwards and they are now some of the most sought after in the world.

It produces wines with pronounced tannins and acidity, though not always with great depth of colour, and its character can vary from farmyard/leather nuances through to essence of red cherries and plums. In the 1960s the advent of Super Tuscans saw bottlings of 100% Sangiovese wines, as well as the introduction of Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon blends, the most famous being Tignanello.

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