Azienda Agricola San Lorenzo, Montecucco Animoso 2018
Azienda Agricola San Lorenzo, Montecucco Animoso 2018
100% Sangiovese from 5.5 hectares vineyard in Montecucco DOC, in Tuscany.
Certified Organic (ICEA). Only 5000 bottles produced.
Ruby red color. Fine and complex nose, small crunchy fruit, red cherries, raspberries, blueberries and hints of aromatic herbs. On the palate it is velvety, rich and well balanced. A grilled Fiorentina steak with porcini mushrooms would be the perfect accompaniment.
The agricultural estate San Lorenzo is located in Maremma, over the hills surrounding Cinigiano, within a region devoted to wine and olive oil production. The farm covers an area of about 40 hectares. The owner has believed from the very beginning in the possibility of a biological agriculture. A few years ago, Francesca Balestrieri, an entrepreneur of milanese origin, decided to devote all her time and energy to this estate located in the middle of a harsh and splendid Vino ANIMOSO In Giappone landscape.
I am a painter and some five years ago I have bought this organic farm that I find beautiful.
I have moved here my studio and I now live here, dividing time between painting and tending the farm.
The farm is located south of the Cinigiano village, between the seaside and the mount Amiata.
The landscape is intact and spacious, wild woodlands, 2,000 olive trees, from which we make the extravergine, and five hectares of old vineyards.
When I moved here I met an old winemaker, Leonardo Salustri, who has been a pioneer of organic wines here, and he agreed to help me tend the vineyards.
So we take care of the vines, to make a pure Sangiovese grape product.
Every year the harvest is quite early, depending on the season, we select the best grapes to make only 6,000 bottles of the Animoso, in order to make the best “wine-fruit” that I see appropriate for that year.
Therefore , each year is quite different, which allows our customers to experience the different seasons just as they happened, without any further manipulation.
We use steel vats , then the wine ages in bottle, allowing the fruit to be appreciated without any interference from wood casks.
We make only one wine: Animoso, which means “full of life”, in 0.75lt bottles or 1,5 lt Magnums.
The name, an adjective already used by Dante in the Divine Comedy and still in Tuscany, says the first character of this Sangiovese, typical of this land, alive and impetuous.
The image on the bottle is a graphic translation from one of my charcoal drawings, represents a very animated courtship between two geese She on the left, He on the right.
Animoso represents the quintessence of Montecucco “sangiovese”.
Bright and limpid, this wine introduces itself with complex flavors going from the blood orange to a kind of tobacco so well integrated and deep. Tannins, that impart a persistent balsamic taste, magnify the juicy flavor in the mouth.