Le Chiuse LE CHIUSE Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Description

Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino 2019 is incisive and bright. It suggests an open and uncompromising personality: black cherry, plum, blue flowers, cola and undergrowth. Good structure and well-managed tannins. It finishes with a hint of sweet cherry liqueur.

Le Chiuse have played a fundamental role in the wine estates of the legendary Biondi-Santi family since the end of the 18th century. The current owner, Simonetta Valiani, has been handed down from generation to generation and is the great-granddaughter of Ferruccio Biondi-Santi. Simonetta inherited the estate and decided to start producing wine under the name Le Chiuse in 1993 with the help of her husband Nicolò Magnelli and their son Lorenzo. Until then the vineyards had been rented to his uncle, Franco Biondi-Santi, which at the time were used for bottling the Biondi-Santi Riserva. The vineyards are planted with a form of mass selection in order to maintain the genetic heritage of the estate. The shoot of 60-70 year old vines of the Sangiovese BS 11 clone, personally selected by Tancredi Biondi-Santi for these vineyards, is grafted onto American rootstock.

To maintain the highest quality, yields are carefully controlled. The returns here are half of those required by the consortium regulation. The winery’s gravity-fed cellars are state-of-the-art.