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2018 Fighting Gully Road La Longa Sangiovese, Beechworth
SKU Sangiovese18
AU$70.00
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Product Details
The 2018 La Longa Sangiovese is a testament to patience. We have
explored a series of names that pay tribute to the 36-month process of
aging the wine, inspired by the Italian terms used in music.
Music has retained many Italian words, as many of the most important
early composers in the renaissance period were Italian – the winemak
ing world being very similar
Palate: a
testament to the importance of
patience in vinification, the La Longa
Sangiovese has great depth,
structure and complexity, while
retaining an elegant, medium bodied
palate with lingering fine-grained
tannins
Bouquet:
brambly dark berries; sour
cherry and plum with nuances
of dried herb
The Vintage:
The 2017 vintage and the season leading up to it were almost as
perfect as you could ask for. Mild summer temperatures with
prevailing east and north-east winds provided moderating influences;
and there was an absence of very hot days. Rainfall events were well
spaced up until late January, then warm and relatively dry conditions
prevailed right throughout harvest allowing uninterrupted
picking.
The Vinification:
‘Brunello’ clone Sangiovese were hand harvested; the grapes crushed
and de-stemmed into an oak fermenter where fermentation took
place using indigenous yeasts. After fermentation the wine remained
on skins for a further 14 days prior to pressing
.
The Inspiration:
Many of the greatest wines made in Italy are crafted from
Sangiovese, none moreso than from the area south of Siena
around the hilltop town of Montalcino, where Brunello is King.
The geographic and climatic diversity of the region allows many
different styles to be produced from full bodied, rich and firmly
structured at lower elevations in the south; to finer and more
elegant wines at higher elevation (up to 600m). Like the latter,
our La Longa Sangiovese is about creating an Australian
benchmark with finesse.
Grape Variety: Brunello clone Sangiovese
Oak maturation:
12 months in new and second use fine grained
Italian coopered French oak barriques, followed
by 12 months in a seasoned 1600L cask; and a
further 12 months in bottle prior to release.
For those with patience themselves, this wine
will shine with further time in the bottle before
drinking.