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Azienda Agricola Montevertine
Tuscany's pioneering 100% Sangiovese, first made in 1977 from Montevertine's high galestro vineyards at Radda in Chianti. Bold and earthy, with red cherry, leather and cedar over firm tannin, aged in Allier barrique and Slavonian oak. Toscana IGT.
Drinker consensus on Vivino (4.5 from nearly 14,000 ratings) and Antonio Galloni's Vinous notes converge on one picture: red cherry and leather, cedar and woodsmoke, firm tannin and the bright acidity of high-elevation Radda fruit.
Red cherry and raspberry lift first, then the savoury Radda signature drinkers flag most: leather, woodsmoke and forest floor. Cedar and tobacco follow from two years in Allier barrique and Slavonian botti, with a twist of liquorice and black pepper.
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LiquoriceBold but not heavy, with the bright acidity and firm, fine tannin of Sangiovese grown at 400 to 450 metres on galestro. Red and black cherry sit against an earthy, almost ferrous mineral streak the producer traces to the iron-rich Pergole Torte plot. Concrete fermentation and no filtration keep the fruit transparent and the texture chalky.
The finish is long and savoury, leather and cedar trailing a core of sour-cherry acidity that calls for food. In structured vintages like 2022 it tightens and, as Galloni puts it, explodes on the back end.
This is Montevertine's flagship and one of Tuscany's benchmark pure Sangioveses, adored on Vivino at 4.5 from nearly 14,000 ratings. A collector's bottle for patient drinkers: open the cooler 2014 now, lay the 2022 down for a decade.
Live listings run from the current 2022 release around £174 to large-format older vintages like the 2014 in a 3-litre bottle. Stock is thin: Le Pergole Torte is made in small quantities and sells through allocation at merchants like Berry Bros & Rudd.
A structured, high-acid Sangiovese scores well at the table and in the cellar, less so as an everyday pour: at £170 and up it is a special-occasion and collector bottle, not a Tuesday-night red.
Firm tannin, bright acidity and two years in Allier barrique and Slavonian botti give top vintages two decades or more in the cellar.
High-acid, firm-tannin Sangiovese is one of the most food-friendly reds, cutting fat and matching savoury Tuscan cooking from steak to game.
A cult, critically lauded Tuscan Sangiovese at a special-occasion price: a benchmark bottle to mark the moment.
At £170 and up it is a serious outlay, but for a 97 to 98 point benchmark Sangiovese with decades of cellar life the quality-to-price ratio holds against its peers.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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Vintage matters here. The rain-marked, cooler 2014 made a leaner, aromatic, earlier-drinking Pergole Torte, while the hot, drought-touched 2022 is dense and age-worthy, rated 97+ by Galloni and 98 by James Suckling.
A hot, drought-touched Tuscan season that still gave Le Pergole Torte real depth. Galloni rated it 97+ and James Suckling 98, citing dark fruit, mocha, new leather and cedar over firm tannin. Built for the cellar: best from around 2027 into the 2040s.
A cool, rain-marked vintage across Chianti, kinder to high, well-drained sites like Montevertine's. Expect a leaner, aromatic Pergole Torte with marked acidity and earlier-drinking charm rather than the density of warm years. Drinking well now.
A hot, drought-touched Tuscan season that still gave Le Pergole Torte real depth. Galloni rated it 97+ and James Suckling 98, citing dark fruit, mocha, new leather and cedar over firm tannin. Built for the cellar: best from around 2027 into the 2040s.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Montevertine left the Chianti Classico consortium in the early 1980s to bottle pure Sangiovese its own way. Le Pergole Torte, first made in 1977, has been a reference point for varietal Sangiovese ever since, grown organically on galestro at 400 to 450 metres above Radda in Chianti.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Toscana falls within Tuscany , covering Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena.
Montevertine's historic Pergole Torte vines, planted 1968 to 1999, yield just 40 hl/ha on iron-rich galestro above Radda, concentrating fruit and capping how much wine exists.
Twelve months in 225-litre Allier barriques, then twelve in large Slavonian botti, plus three in bottle, tie up cellar space and capital for over two years before release.
Organic viticulture using only copper and sulfur, grassed rows, estate compost and a manual October harvest on steep, high sites all raise the labour cost per bottle.
A 97+ from Galloni and 98 from Suckling on a wine made in small quantities keep demand well ahead of supply, pushing the 2022 past £170.
Bottled as Toscana IGT rather than a DOCG, it carries no consortium or Riserva surcharge: the price reflects the wine in the glass, not the label on the front.
UK excise on still wine adds £2.67 a bottle before 20% VAT, so roughly £32 of a £174 shelf price is tax rather than wine.
Dishes that complement this wine
Montevertine pours this with roast meats, game, noble poultry and aged cheeses. Its high-acid, firm-tannin Sangiovese cuts through fat and answers savoury, umami-led cooking, from bistecca alla fiorentina to wild boar ragu.
Firm Sangiovese tannin and bright acidity cut the fat and char of a rare Florentine T-bone. The wine's savoury, earthy core meets the seared crust without being overwhelmed.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · tagliata · grilled lamb · porterhouse · More pairings →
High acidity lifts rich, gamey, slow-braised sauces and keeps them fresh. The wine's forest-floor and leather notes echo the meat rather than fight it.
Try with: Agnello Ragu Lucano · pappardelle al cinghiale · wild boar ragu · braised hare · More pairings →
The wine's forest-floor, leather and earth aromatics bridge directly to porcini, truffle and umami-led cooking. Acidity stops creamy risottos turning heavy.
Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · porcini pasta · mushroom crostini · More pairings →
Acidity and tannin balance salty, fatty aged sheep's and cow's cheese. The savoury wine matches the nutty, crystalline texture of long-aged rounds.
Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · aged Pecorino Toscano · Parmigiano Reggiano · grana padano · More pairings →
Medium-full body and fine tannin match roast guinea fowl, pigeon, duck and veal, the noble poultry Montevertine names on its own sheet. Neither side dominates.
Try with: Roast pork · duck breast · roast veal · guinea fowl · More pairings →
Firm tannin and 13.5% alcohol amplify capsaicin heat, while sugar in sweet-sour sauces makes the wine taste hollow and sour. Delicate Sangiovese fruit gets buried.
Skip with: Lamb bhuna · Szechuan beef · sweet-and-sour pork · chilli hotpot · Pairing guide →
Built to age. Two years in Allier barrique and Slavonian botti, firm tannin and Radda acidity carry top vintages two decades or more. The 2022 is one to bury; the cooler 2014 rewards drinking over the next several years.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Firm tannin, bright acidity and two years in Allier barrique and Slavonian botti give top vintages two decades or more in the cellar.
£188.62 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumAn iconic 100% Sangiovese from Montevertine in Radda in Chianti, one of the original and most revered Super Tuscans, bottled as Toscana IGT.
Montevertine chooses to bottle its pure Sangiovese outside the Chianti Classico rules, a tradition since the wine's first 1977 vintage.
Pure, elegant Sangiovese: red cherry, rose, dried herbs and earth with high acidity and fine, persistent tannin.
A long-lived wine that rewards ten to twenty years or more; decant young bottles.
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