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 identify for the grapes of Brunello di Montalcino — a wine that has beautiful aromatics and stylish fruit when younger, and holds its fruit and stability over a long time of getting old. The truth is, notable wine has been made on this area for a lot of centuries and immediately 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 all the time 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 stunning mild purple wine, with hints of purple fruit – effectively ripened fruit that’s – together with well-integrated tannins and acidity flowing all through. It has a medium end, lifted, with components of ripe fruit in addition to acidity and tannins floating by.
WHO: Fattoria Paradiso
WHAT: sangiovese grosso
WHERE: Bertinoro, Romagna [Emilia-Romagna] Italy
HOW MUCH: $18
RATING: 91
