GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Jacopo Biondi Santi, Castello di Montepo
Region: Tuscany, Italy
Appellation: IGT Tuscany
Type: Red dry wine, not sparkling
Vintage: 2018
Date of Tasting: January 2023
Type of viticulture: Sustainable (not certified)
Grapes used: 100% Sangiovese Grosso
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2018 harvest
Vineyard soils: broadly textured Galestro
Winemaking details: not communicated
Aging: 14 months under untoasted oak
Sugar level: low
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Medium+
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium+
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Cherry, Violet, Vanilla, Tobacco, Mushroom, Mediterranean herbs
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium
- Tannins = Medium (soft and silky)
- Alcohol = 13.5%
- Body = Medium-
- Flavour Intensity = Medium+
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Cherry, Sage, Violet, Vanilla, Tobacco, Mushroom, Mediterranean herbs
- Other = Hints of spices
- Finish = Medium+
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 8-10 years
- Can gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 22 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = Very good value for money
- Comparison with same price competition = very well placed
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable
- Service Temperature = around 16°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = red meat (grilled and toasted), plates and sauces based on mushrooms
- Comments = Finesse and elegance for this rather fruity wine that offers a velvety tannic structure together with a medium acidity and a quite light body but a solid palate and finish
- Final Grade = B+
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
