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“Le Lucciole” Riserva 2020

Name: “Le Lucciole” Riserva 2020
Brand: Chiara Condello
Price: 66.20 EUR
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A landmark Sangiovese from Predappio, with extraordinary depth and finesse. 2020 combines ripe dark fruit, floral lift and savoury, graphite-like complexity.

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About this wine

The 2020 Le Lucciole has attracted a lot of critical attention as one of the great modern Romagna Sangioveses. It offers layered aromas of black cherry, plum and blood orange with rose, violets, liquorice and crushed stone. On the palate it is dense yet poised, with silky but assertive tannins, vibrant acidity and a very long, saline-mineral finish that recalls top Tuscan terroir but with its own Predappio identity.

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Tasting Note

According to James Suckling’s, 2020 shows intense dark cherry and blackberry with blood orange and floral notes, graphite and spice, a full but focused palate with polished tannins and outstanding length; Wine Advocate highlights purity, energy and terroir transparency.

In the glass

Deep ruby, slightly more evolved rim than 2021.

In the nose

Black cherry, blackberry and blood orange with rose, violets, liquorice and pencil-lead/graphite.

On the palate

Rich and concentrated yet refined, with ripe dark fruit, silky but firm tannins, fresh acidity and a very long, saline, mineral finish.

Chiara Condello

Chiara Condello farms high-altitude Sangiovese in Predappio and has quickly become one of central Italy’s most exciting young voices. Organic practices in the vineyard, gentle vinifications and restrained oak produce wines that are fragrant, vertical and remarkably refined for the region. Her bottlings, including single-vineyard Le Lucciole, show a Burgundian sensibility applied to pure, expressive Sangiovese.

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Character of the wine

Grape Varieties

Sangiovese

Vinification

As for 2021: old-vine Sangiovese, spontaneously fermented with long maceration, aged ~24 months in large Slavonian oak and tonneaux, then bottled unfiltered with further bottle ageing.

Classification

Romagna DOC Sangiovese Predappio Riserva

Style

Full-bodied & Structured

Aging potential

Ideal for the next 5–10 years

Decant Time

2-3 hours

Drinking Temperature

16–18 °C

Body

Medium +

Conservative food pairing

Roast lamb

Funky food pairing

Miso-glazed aubergine

Music pairing

Blues

Art pairing

Expressionism

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