Montevertine Le Pergole Torte Toscana IGT 2022

Wine Type: Red
Vintage: 2022
Bottle Size: 750ml
Grape Variety: Sangiovese
Appellation: Toscana IGT
Country: Italy
Region: Radda in Chianti, Tuscany
Producer: Montevertine
Winemaker: Martino Manetti, with enologist Paolo Salvi
Vineyard: Selected historic estate vineyards in Radda in Chianti, planted between 1968 and 1999
Soil: Galestro and alberese soils with limestone, clay, and rocky mineral influence
Farming: Organic farming practices since 2009; hand-harvested; traditional low-intervention cellar work
Alcohol: 14%
Fermentation: Fermented in cement vats for approximately 25 days; malolactic fermentation in cement
Aging: 12 months in Allier barriques, 12 months in Slavonian oak casks, and about 3 months in bottle; bottled without filtration

Tasting Note:
Montevertine’s 2022 Le Pergole Torte is a powerful, refined expression of pure Sangiovese from high-elevation Radda. The wine opens with black cherry, sour cherry, raspberry, plum, violet, bergamot, licorice, tobacco, cedar, and wild herbs. The warm 2022 vintage gives the fruit depth and ripeness, while Montevertine’s altitude and traditional cellar work keep the wine fresh, lifted, and firmly structured. The palate is concentrated but graceful, with polished tannins, vibrant acidity, savory spice, and a long mineral finish. This is already impressive with a serious decant, but it is clearly built for long aging.

About the Producer:
Montevertine is one of Tuscany’s defining estates, located in Radda in Chianti at about 425 meters elevation. Sergio Manetti purchased the property in 1967, produced the first vintage in 1971, and later left the Chianti Classico appellation rather than follow rules he felt compromised the purity of his wines. Today, Martino Manetti continues the estate’s uncompromising focus on Sangiovese, traditional cement fermentation, long aging in oak, and bottling without filtration. First made in 1977, Le Pergole Torte remains Montevertine’s flagship and one of Italy’s most iconic pure-Sangiovese wines.