Tenuta di Valgiano

2023 Palistorti di Valgiano Rosso

Palistorti means “crooked posts,” the name farmers gave this vineyard because the great limestone rocks at the surface made it nearly impossible to plant the rows straight. It is a beautifully simple name, but one that tells you almost everything about the place. Made with the same care as Tenuta di Valgiano, Palistorti offers a more immediate, open expression of the estate. The vines are 15 to 20 years old, compared with 35 to 40 years for the flagship, but there is still plenty of length and definition here. The fruit is ripe and clear, the tannins supple, and notes of bay leaf, violet, leather, and liquorice give the wine its lovely floral, savoury elegance.

"A fragrant wine with multifaceted aromas of bramble fruit, blood oranges, leaves and aromatic herbs. Super-relaxing palate that’s supple and juicy, with crisp acidity and ripe, well-integrated tannins. A bit powdery in the finish. Drink now." -93pts, James Suckling
Italy
Red
Biodynamic Wine

Region:  Lucca, Tuscany

Appellation:  Colline Lucchesi DOC

Varietal/Blend:  70% Sangiovese, 10% Merlot, 10% Syrah, 10% Ciliegiolo and Canaiolo

ABV:  13.5%

Vineyard:  Ten hectares of vines averaging 28 years old, planted at 200 metres on predominantly south-facing Apennine slopes. Soils combine chalky, clay-rich “alberese” marl and alluvial sandstone.

Cellar: Grapes are hand-harvested in small boxes, sorted twice, destemmed, and fermented with indigenous yeasts in open wooden vats, with gentle punch-downs by foot. Maceration lasts 10–15 days. The wine completes MLC and ages for 12 months in older, lightly toasted French barriques, followed by six months in concrete before bottling. Unfined and unfiltered, with minimal added sulfites. ~50,000 bottles produced.

CSPC:  151302

Winemakers Note: 

What the Critics are saying: 

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Tenuta di Valgiano
2023 Palistorti di Valgiano Rosso

Region:  Lucca, Tuscany

Appellation:  Colline Lucchesi DOC

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Italy
Red
Biodynamic Wine
Palistorti means “crooked posts,” the name farmers gave this vineyard because the great limestone rocks at the surface made it nearly impossible to plant the rows straight. It is a beautifully simple name, but one that tells you almost everything about the place. Made with the same care as Tenuta di Valgiano, Palistorti offers a more immediate, open expression of the estate. The vines are 15 to 20 years old, compared with 35 to 40 years for the flagship, but there is still plenty of length and definition here. The fruit is ripe and clear, the tannins supple, and notes of bay leaf, violet, leather, and liquorice give the wine its lovely floral, savoury elegance.

"A fragrant wine with multifaceted aromas of bramble fruit, blood oranges, leaves and aromatic herbs. Super-relaxing palate that’s supple and juicy, with crisp acidity and ripe, well-integrated tannins. A bit powdery in the finish. Drink now." -93pts, James Suckling

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  70% Sangiovese, 10% Merlot, 10% Syrah, 10% Ciliegiolo and Canaiolo

ABV:  13.5%

Vineyard:  Ten hectares of vines averaging 28 years old, planted at 200 metres on predominantly south-facing Apennine slopes. Soils combine chalky, clay-rich “alberese” marl and alluvial sandstone.

Cellar: Grapes are hand-harvested in small boxes, sorted twice, destemmed, and fermented with indigenous yeasts in open wooden vats, with gentle punch-downs by foot. Maceration lasts 10–15 days. The wine completes MLC and ages for 12 months in older, lightly toasted French barriques, followed by six months in concrete before bottling. Unfined and unfiltered, with minimal added sulfites. ~50,000 bottles produced.

CSPC:  151302

Winemakers Note: 

What the Critics are saying: 

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  Italy

Region:  Lucca, Tuscany

Appellation:  Colline Lucchesi DOC

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Varietal/Blend:  70% Sangiovese, 10% Merlot, 10% Syrah, 10% Ciliegiolo and Canaiolo

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  13.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  151302

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

Rajat Parr & Sashi Moorman in the vineyard

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