Le Pergole Torte 1988

Le Pergole Torte 1988 is a full-bodied red wine produced from Sangiovese grapes in the Chianti sub-region of Tuscany, central Italy. The international reputation of Montevertine`s Le Pergole Torte speaks for itself. The first vintage of this wine was released was the 1977 and was the first 100% Sangiovese to be produced in the Radda in Chianti area. The grapes are carefully selected from Montevertine`s oldest vineyards, which were planted between 1968 and 1999. The wine is aged for one year in Allier oak barriques and one year in Slavonian oak barrels. Adorned with its iconic labelling produced by artist Alberto Manfredi, Le Pergole Torte is a truly legendary wine. On the 1988. "What a pleasure it is to taste older vintages of Le Pergole Torte (loosely translated, “the rickety or dodgy canopies”), one of my five or six favourite Italian wines. The 1988, blessed with what I think is one of the prettiest of Alberto Manfredi’s many wonderful labels, is still a remarkably solid, youthful wine made while Montevertine founder Sergio Manetti was still alive. Taken from my best, coolest cellar, this bottle of 1988 Le Pergole Torte is remarkably youthful, offering deep red cherry and liquorice aromas with surprisingly little in the way of tertiary development (no notes of porcini or underbrush, for example), then fresh and vibrant flavours of red cherry, sweet spices and black tea. As is almost always the case with the 1988, there is a very lively, almost disjointed acidity for the amount of fruit present, and this bottle is not different. Though not quite in the league of the legendary Le Pergole Torte 1990 Riserva, this 1988 is still a Sangiovese lover’s delight." Vinous