Podere Le Boncie Cinque Rosso di Toscana 20
| Vintage: | 2017 |
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| Winery: | Podere Le Boncie |
| Description: | The wine's name "Cinque" recognizes the original composition of the wine, namely five grape types classic to the production of the finest Chianti Classico: principally Sangiovese with Colorino, Mammolo, Fogliatonda and Ciliegiolo completing the quintet. Recently, the wine is no longer composed strictly of the 5 grapes anymore, but Giovanna says the name also refers to the relative precociousness of the wine, thus a wine to "keep at hand" [5 fingers]. She also notes that grape vines have five leaves and flowers per bunch, that their house address is number 5, and that in Italian school you are graded one to ten, with five not quite passing, a bit of ironic understatement and a wink-of-the-eye modesty in reference to a wine that has assumed a rather majestic place amongst the elite wines of Tuscany. Cinque is perhaps less formidably structured than the Le Trame but it is no less noble, carrying its mantle of the particular terroir borne of the hills surrounding Castelnuovo Berardenga, wines of vigor and cut that chant the song of Sangiovese. All parts of a good story to justify this quirky name of "5" or "Cinque". |
| Price: | $ 29.98 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Liquors Inc.
| Address: |
485 Dalton Ave Pittsfield, MA 01201 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 413-443-4466 |
First added to 1000 Corks on August 17, 2024.
