Montevertine, Le Pergole Torte, 2013 (1.5L) zzSTUCKqIS1 but already drinking beautifully

but already drinking beautifully

Already well established in the Dundee Hills

Best with air or time—decant it now or cellar for 5–10 years to let the edges soften

and it has a long road ahead

From a single cask in a bodega in El Puerto de Santa María

Montevertine, Le Pergole Torte, 2013 (1.5L) zzSTUCKqIS1 but already drinking beautifullyLe Pergole Torte is the wine that started a revolution. When Montevertine walked away from the Chianti Classico appellation in 1981 rather than blend in the white grapes the rules then required, this 100% Sangiovese bottling from a single vineyard in Radda became one of the world's most celebrated wines of terroir, albeit as a humble IGT. Radda, Chianti's highest elevation village, gives wines of bright red berry fruit and aromatic lift, and this is