Le Sommelier Mixed Case: Women in Wine

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Various
Country of Origin:	Various
Grape Varietal:	Various
Bottle Format:	750mL
Case Size:	12 bottles
$505.20 Per Case ($42.10/btl)

Tasting Notes

Each case contains two bottles of the following wines:

White:

Maçanita White 2019, Douro, Portugal
This blend of Viosinho, Códega do Larinho, and Gouveio comes mostly from the Douro Superior, with 20% from the Baixo Corgo, and all from vines 580-700m. This was whole bunch pressed, then fermented and aged in stainless for 6 months on lees. Quince, yellow apple, broken stones fill a voluminous lees-lined palate, brightened with orange pith and textured by fine grippy mineral spicing. The palate is taut with a bracket of racy minerality, the hum of which lingers on the finish. Another lovely wine from the brother / sister Maçanitas.

Red:

Fanti Poggio Torto IGT Toscana Rosso 2019, Toscana, Italy
The Tenuta Fanti estate has belonged to the Fanti family since the beginning of the eighteenth century. It extends across 300 hectares in Toscana, 52ha of which are specialized certified sustainable vineyards. This sangiovese is deep and dark and wild, with blackcurrant, anise and black raspberry and peppery spices running the long, elegant, earth-lined palate.

Elena Fucci SCEG Aglianico del Vulture DOC 2018, Basilicata, Italy
In 2016, Elena Fucci, responsible for saving her family’s high altitude, volcanic soiled vineyards and solidifying the appellation with her singular Titolo cru, began another passion project, called SCEG, to help out friends of her 94 year old grandfather Generoso. In order to preserve their vines and tradition, she makes this special wine from his friends’ vines, in four parcels near her family’s vineyards, and vines aging 70+ years. SGEC (pronounced Sheg) is organically farmed Aglianico, spending one year in 500L tonneaux and 6 months in bottle prior to release. Fresh and bright, this youthful medium+ wine is ready to drink now, with ample ripe cherry, dried thyme, and minerality throughout.

Maeli Rosso Infinito Colli Euganei DOC 2017, Veneto, Italy
This organic and biodynamic blend of Merlot, Carmenere, and Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the volcanic and chalky hills of Veneto's Colli Euganei. After a native ferment, 30% of the wine was aged in neutral oak barrels, with the remainder in stainless and cement tanks. Deeply coloured, this youthful, energetic, and rich Italian red is full of fragrant dark mulberry, violet, fresh basil, and dark chocolate spicing on a deep palate.

Donatella Cinelli Colombini Il Drago e le 8 Colombe IGT Toscana Rosso 2016, Tuscany, Italy
The 2016 Il Drago e le 8 Colombe (a blend of 60% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot and 20% Sagrantino) offers savoury, earthy notes that come in part from the Sangiovese and in part from the Sagrantino grape. Those distinctive aromas are softened to a great extent by the Merlot, especially in a classic vintage such as this that allows for each separate variety to show its best side and uniqueness. The bouquet delivers some raw cherry and cassis, but you mostly get intense aromas of tobacco and spice.

Sweet:

Fanti Vin Santo Sant’Antimo DOC 2011, Tuscany, Italy(375ml)
Vin Santo is an exceptional, historical, and long-lived wine. Fanti continues the tradition with this special sweet. This is a blend of 40% Trebbiano Toscano, 40% Malvasia Toscana, and 20% San Colombano, from 30-year-old vines. The whole bunches are hung in a ventilated drying room for 4-6 months, desiccate, and the sugars and acids concentrate. They are then pressed gently into small oak barrels called caratelli, filled 2/3 full, and sealed with cement for a long, slow ferment and 5 years' ageing. Once cracked open and transferred to the bottle, they remain for 6 months before release. With such a labour-intensive and low-yielding process, only 1200 375ml bottles are produced each vintage. Pouring a rich golden brown hue, this intense, sweet, syrupy wine is dense with maple, butterscotch, burnished caramel, pipe tobacco, dried apricot, roasted hazelnuts, brown butter, and caramelized orange peel. As sweet as this wine is, there is a beam of acidity to counter. Multilayered, very complex, this lingers far after the last sip. This contemplative wine is best enjoyed solo.

Critical Praise

We’re proud to work with numerous inspiring women in wine, from winemakers, to winery owners, to viticulturists, through to marketing and sales. We’ve highlighted six women winemakers, from Italy and Portugal, in this fall-themed mixed pack.

Estimated time of delivery is 3-10 business days.