I Veroni Chianti Rufina La Rusticola Vino Biologico 2020
Sangiovese | Italy
I Veroni, ladies and gentlemen. If you don’t know them yet, let us introduce you to one of our favorite sangiovese producers in the world. This is certified organic, tasty, racy, lip-smacking Chianti Rufina.
We fell in love with the epic 2019 vintage of this stuff here at HQ... but the verdict is in…2020 is EVEN BETTER! The official Chianti Consortium rated the vintage 5 stars out of 5, and the rest of the world is just starting to find out! We just wish we had more…
Under $25 on this is just madness. If you know I Veroni, then you know how devastatingly awesome these wines are. Fun fact: “La Rusticola” is named for the woodcocks that arrive from Russia every winter in this part of Italy, often called by Italians “the queen of the forest." I VERONI, of course, is one of the very top Rufina estates, dating back to the 1500s, and this wine is made by none other than super-consultant Andrea Paoletti (the genius behind rockstar Super Tuscans Ornellaia and Tignanello!), and winemaker/agronomist Paola De Blasi. For under $25?? Open a bottle as soon as it hits your doorstep… we are just gobsmacked to have it priced like this…
For 2020, the Rusticola matches the depth and concentration of last year’s powerful vintage but with a brightness and elegance not often found in Chianti Rufinas. Made with organically farmed sangiovese grapes, plus 10% of the local colorino, this is a one-way ticket to Tuscany. Cherries on cherries – fresh and dried, with some cherry pie too! There's a warm and heady clove/cinnamon factor, and a bit of blood orange and roasted walnut, plus lavender, white pepper, and enough zip, vim and vigor to drain a bottle in record time, as we often do!! We recommend snagging at least a half-case of this at this outrageous price... While it lasts!
About the Producer
The history of the farm dates back, as an agricultural complex, to the end of the 1500s when it was owned by the noble Gatteschi family who built the first fermentation tanks of the musts, still visible today, and, as a building complex, at the beginning of the 12th century as watchtower inside an immense fief owned by the Counts Guidi, a tower that is no longer visible because it is incorporated in the buildings of the following centuries which led to the current building structure.
The oldest historical document found, relating to Fattoria I Veroni as an agricultural complex, is dated 1582 and it is the testament of Bartolomeo d'Angiolo Gatteschi, personal physician of Cosimo I dei Medici, which describes the farms that make up the property of I Veroni and the vines present within the individual farms.
The name "veroni" derives from "verone" term of the ancient Tuscan with which indicated a terrace, loggia, covered or uncovered, and in particular, in the agricultural environment, the covered terrace with which ends the external staircase of the houses of countryside; at the Fattoria I Veroni there were in fact large brick terraces, of which only one remains today, from which then the name of the building complex and the place, as well as, today, of the entire company and its wines. I Veroni is, today, a specialized, certified organic winery, located in the Chianti Rùfina territory and precisely in the Municipality of Pontassieve at a distance of about 10 km from the city of Florence.
- CountryItaly
- RegionTuscany
- AppellationChianti Rufina
- Alcohol14.5%
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