Tenuta di Carleone | Tuscany | Il Guercio IGT | 2022 | 750ml

Description

Product description for Tenuta di Carleone Il Guercio IGT 2022

Information

“Il Guercio” is Sean O’Callaghan’s nickname. 100% Sangiovese from an old terraced vineyard just outside the hamlet of Lamole, 650 m above sea level. Late harvest, foot-treading, spontaneous fermentation, fermented in cement tanks and open wooden fermenters with 30% whole bunches for around four months. Then aged for 12 months in cement tanks.

Colour

Deep cherry red

Nose

Il Guercio 2022 is an intense wine. It smells very slightly raisined with notes of figs and ripe cherries, but by no means congealed. In addition to the ripe fruit, the Sangiovese appears rather fragrant with notes of garrigue, violets, and rose petals. Finally, there’s a hint of raspberry and spicy tobacco.

Palate

On the palate, the Sangiovese presents itself round and juicy. The fruit is intense and extremely charming thanks to the long fermentation, as are the ripe acidity and fine tannins. Everything is enveloping and mouth-filling, elegant and sensual like a Volnay produced in Chianti. The finish is again fragrant, round, fruity, and polished with a wonderful harmony. Modern yet timeless.

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Wine Advocate

Score: 95

With its elegant white wax capsule, the Tenuta di Carleone 2022 Il Guercio is partially made with feet-stomped Sangiovese (and up to 50% whole-cluster fruit) sourced from the village of Lamole, with its verdant vineyard landscapes and high elevations. This IGT red is balanced and bright with a lean consistency. The fruit tones are presented with good intensity and layered nuance. You get some of the bitter flavors from the skins (from extended maceration), red apple, wild herb, blue flower and crushed stone. Some 15,000 bottles were created.
Monica Larner

Vinous

Score: 92+

The 2022 Il Guercio is an intense wine. Soaring aromatics and bright fruit open first. There is a feeling of unrestrained wildness here that is impossible to miss, especially compared to the 2021. This edition offers greater textural density but is also a bit disjointed today. Let’s see if it comes together more fully with time in bottle.
— Antonio Galloni
Drinking window: 2024 – 2034
Review date: Jul 2024

Producer website: https://tenutadicarleone.com/