Fattoria Paradiso sits in Emilia-Romagna, a area of Italy that’s simply east of Tuscany, so it isn’t shocking that lots of their nice wines are made with the identical grape as Chianti, Montepulciano and Brunello: sangiovese. On this case, the wine is made with sangiovese grosso, the normal title for the grapes of Brunello di Montalcino — a wine that has pretty aromatics and chic fruit when younger, and holds its fruit and steadiness over many years of getting old. In reality, notable wine has been made on this area for a lot of centuries and at the moment the vineyard is supported by the European fund for rural improvement.
This Sangiovese is made with grapes grown within the vineyard’s Vigna delle Lepri winery, named after the rabbits which have at all times frolicked there. It additionally has a historic pedigree: Fattoria Paradiso was the primary vineyard in Romagna to provide “Sangiovese Riserva,” again in 1970.
At eight years of age, this 2014 classic is a beautiful gentle purple wine, with hints of purple fruit – nicely ripened fruit that’s – together with well-integrated tannins and acidity flowing all through. It has a medium end, lifted, with parts of ripe fruit in addition to acidity and tannins floating by way of.
WHO: Fattoria Paradiso
WHAT: sangiovese grosso
WHERE: Bertinoro, Romagna [Emilia-Romagna] Italy
HOW MUCH: $18
RATING: 91
