Podere le Boncie Chiesamonti 2021

2021 "Chiesamonti' Toscana Rosso IGT Podere Le Boncie “Chiesamonti” is a 1.3-hectare parcel adjacent to the town of San Felice in Castelnuovo Berardenga, with a stonier soil profile and a lower clay content than Giovanna’s home turf. The vines, now over a decade old, used to be blended into “Cinque” in their younger years, but she now feels they are ready for prime time, and this wine—bottled on its own for the first time in 2018—provides a fascinating counterpoint to “Le Trame”: silkier, higher-toned, and overall prettier, with a more blatant mineral underpinning and less sumptuously fleshy fruit. It spends two years in Stockinger barrels, just like its sister wine, and it comprises nearly entirely Sangiovese, with just a touch of Canaiolo. Grapes: Moslty Sangiovese (95%) or so, the rest CanaioloFarming: Practicing organic, with some biodynamic practices Abv: 13% Vineyard: From a .3 ha parcel on a gentle slope near Castelnuovo Baradenga of Alberese (Limestone-clay) soil