Mormoreto Frescobaldi 2019 Toscana IGT

Mormoreto Frescobaldi 2019 Toscana IGT

Wine Characteristics:

• Appellation: Mormoreto Frescobaldi 2019 Toscana IGT
• Varieties: Cabernet, Petit Verdot, Sangiovese

Climate Trends:

• Winter 2019 was characterized by long periods of sunshine with low temperatures.
• The spring was cool, with rainfall ensuring good water supplies.
• The summer period had temperature ranges that helped in the ripening of the grapes.
• Breezes from the Apennines helped provide coolness during the night.

Vinification and Maturation:

• The Mormoreto vineyard is located at an elevation of 300 meters above sea level on sandy soils with a southwest exposure.
• Harvesting was by hand in 15 kg crates, with careful selection of the bunches of grapes.
• The grapes, ripe and with a good acidic streak, underwent malo-lactic fermentation immediately after racking.
• Mormoreto then aged in French oak barrels for two years, benefiting from the wood’s natural micro-oxygenation.
• After bottling, it continued aging for several months, expressing elegance and potential.

Tasting Notes:

• Color: Intense, bright ruby red with purple hues.
• Complex bouquet: notes of red fruits, date, fig, with a delicately citrus, floral finish and more evolved hints of coffee, cocoa, tea and tobacco.
• Complex, persistent and balanced palate with soft, silky tannins and an extremely long finish.

Mormoreto 2019 is a wine of great complexity and character, an authentic expression of the Tuscan terroir and the Frescobaldi family’s winemaking tradition.