La Torre
Wines
Sant'Angelo in Colle, Montalcino
La Torre
Sant'Angelo in Colle, Montalcino
Rosso di Toscana, “Ampelio”
A blend of Alicante (40%), Sangiovese Grosso (30%) and Ciliegiolo (30%). After fermentation, it is aged for 12 months in small used-oak casks, then bottled without filtration. This cuvée was created by Luigi Anania is a reflection of his particular approach to, and understanding of, the historical basis for the terroir of this specific and special zone of Brunello.
Rosso di Montalcino
Produced exclusively from the Sangiovese Grosso grape, La Torre's Rosso di Montalcino is selected from a parcel of vines facing full-south which tends to produce a less tannic wine than the Brunello. All grapes are destemmed prior to fermentation, and only indigenous yeasts are used. It spends 18 months in large oak casks of Slavonian origin, with about 10% of the ultimate cuvée being aged in small usewd French barrels.
Brunello di Montalcino
Even in Brunello, whose terroir can yield the most powerful expression of the variety, Sangiovese’s savory depths are best delivered via a shining beam of acidity, only dark and burly when bullied into such a state. Luigi Anania's wines embody the grace Sangiovese can carry when treated with respect, particularly when grown in vineyards of notable altitude like La Torre’s. The cellar methods here are tried-and-true: hand-harvested grapes ferment spontaneously in steel without temperature regulation, with pump-overs employed rather than punch-downs to ensure a gentler extraction; and the wines spend four full years in large, well-worn Slavonian oak casks with minimal racking. It’s a simple formula that yields wines of great complexity.
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
La Torre’s Riserva is simply a selection based upon Luigi’s continual tasting amongst the various lots of Brunello to determine whether, and to what extent, there is something therein that will stand on its own as capable of making a statement distinct and more complex than the overall Brunello blend. So, there is not a systematic isolation of a particular vineyard site nor must the vines be of a particular age. The lot, when selected, is then aged in large barrel for six months or more beyond the normal aging of the Brunello from the same vintage and is then bottled, as is always the case at this estate, unfined and unfiltered.