Description
Podere Scopetone Rosso di Toscana
In 2009 a chance meeting occurred. A neighboring beekeeper and her viticulturist husband, Loredana Tanganelli and Antonio Brandi, met Angela and they struck a deal to keep the estate alive: Angela would offer a long-term lease on the vineyards and cellar to Loredana & Antonio if they would maintain Scopetone as their label. It took no time for Loredana and Antonio to agree; they saw the potential of adding their vineyards and energies to an already world-renown Montalcino estate. And as Montalcinesi in touch with nature, they could see no other way to make the wines than in the traditional, elegant style for which they have always been so loved. 2009 was the first vintage that joined Loredana and Antonio’s vineyards to Scopetone’s, bringing their total hectares in Montalcino to a minuscule 2.5! All farming at Scopetone is certified organic though it is not advertised on the labels. For such a small estate, the bureaucratic processes are too much to battle on their own.
Scopetone farms organically and was certified in 2019. To control diseases and insects, Scopetone uses low environmental impact products including organic and mineral-based fertilizers and sulfur and copper-based products. No herbicides are used. Depending on the period of the year, grass cover is left on the rows between the vines. Low doses of SO2 are used to preserve the wines.
Podere Scopetone Rosso di Toscana Notes To Your Senses:
- APPEARANCE: Intense ruby red
- AROMA: Ripe red fruits
- TASTE: Robust dark fruit with firm tannins
- FINISH: Pleasant and persistent
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