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The April 2022 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $180
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"Each year I enjoy a special fascination with the wines made by La Torre di Luigi Ananìa. That's because they alway promise purity and tradition. From a terrific vintage, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is a finely textured and smooth expression with plenty of wild berry, blue flower, cola and crushed stone. What I get most, however, is dried tobacco leaf like what you would smell at a tobacco-curing facility. These are classic Sangiovese aromas, and they are displayed with clean and confident intensity. The tannins are soft, and for that reason you can approach this wine in the medium term, or wait to age it longer. Production is 13,000 bottles. La Torre is gradually changing out some of its older botte, and the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino (reviewed here) is set to be the estate's first certified organic wine when it is officially released in January 2021. La Torre is located in a hidden, secret little spot of paradise near Sant Angelo in Colle on the southern side of the appellation."
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"Each year I enjoy a special fascination with the wines made by La Torre di Luigi Ananìa. That's because they alway promise purity and tradition. From a terrific vintage, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is a finely textured and smooth expression with plenty of wild berry, blue flower, cola and crushed stone. What I get most, however, is dried tobacco leaf like what you would smell at a tobacco-curing facility. These are classic Sangiovese aromas, and they are displayed with clean and confident intensity. The tannins are soft, and for that reason you can approach this wine in the medium term, or wait to age it longer. Production is 13,000 bottles. La Torre is gradually changing out some of its older botte, and the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino (reviewed here) is set to be the estate's first certified organic wine when it is officially released in January 2021. La Torre is located in a hidden, secret little spot of paradise near Sant Angelo in Colle on the southern side of the appellation."
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Italy grows more indigenous grape varieties than any other country and produces wine in all 20 of its regions. From Piedmont's Nebbiolo to Tuscany's Sangiovese, its finest wines pair structure and bright acidity with a strong sense of place.
The heartland of Sangiovese, producing Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino and the Cabernet-influenced 'Super Tuscans' of the coast. Its wines balance bright acidity, savory structure and cellar-worthiness.
A powerful, age-worthy Sangiovese from the warm hills of Montalcino, requiring extended aging and prized for depth and longevity.
Tuscany's signature red, giving high-acid, savory wines of sour cherry, herbs and firm tannin. It is the backbone of Chianti, Brunello and many Super Tuscans.