Poggio Bonelli Poggiassai Toscana 2018 (750ml) Dark Chocolate

Poggio Bonelli Poggiassai Toscana 2018 (750ml) Dark ChocolateGRAPE VARIETIES: 75% Sangiovese, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. GRAPE YIELD PER HECTARE: 50 quintals GROWING LOCATION: Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena). CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VINEYARDS: Hillside vineyard facing south west (250 meters above sea level) in Chianti. WINE MAKING PROCESS: Traditional, in stainless steel vats for 10 days at a controlled temperature (28 30C). Period of maceration on skins at the end of the fermentation process (roughly 20 days).

Drink this with some ceviche and become exceedingly happy

hints of tropical notes and lemongrass

You can feel a touch more ripeness here than in some years but they have beautifully captured flavours of fleshy yellow pears

A substantial Vacqueyras wine that can be drunk now on its fruit but will be even better 4 to 7 years from the vintage date

This wine continues the “new school” and “old school” winemaking styles of father & daughter

Mill Creek Upland

some mint herb nuances

gnocchi with roasted rabbit

Lagaria Chardonnay IGT is straw yellow in color

and apricot on the palate

ripe and lingering

with polished