The 2021 Montevertine is a huge, potent wine. Dark, rich, and powerful, it possesses tremendous depth – drinkers will have to be patient. The inclusion of new vineyards in the Docciole sector have altered Montevertine; it’s now a darker, more virile wine from mostly younger vines, in relative terms. Even at this young stage it presents a mind-boggling display of explosive aromatics, vibrant fruit, and driving structure; the purity of the flavors is stunning. A bit stylistically different from the house style, but shaping up to be majestic.
Vines for the flagship Rosso come from a variety of parcels: primarily from the Montevertine plot itself (2.5 hectares of south-southeast-exposed vines planted in 1982) just below the house itself, but also from nearby Villanova and Il Pesa, along with choicer parcels from the Selvole and Il Casino vineyards mentioned above. Just as with 'Pian del Ciampolo,' fermentation takes place naturally in enormous cement vats, but this spends a second year in cask before being bottled. 2021 had plenty of raina dn even maturation, but the challenge was in taming the huge tannins, noted Paolo Salvi, the estate’s longtime consulting oenologist.