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2001 Luce

Luce della Vite

Central Italy / Italy

Red

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£779.00

Roberto Voerzio hosts Fine+Rare Event at Luca Restaurant

Roberto is such a calm and measured man, but even he could not hide his excitement over his latest 2019 vintage as he arrived in London buoyed by the latest harvest. Fortunately we managed to tear him away from his latest batch of fermenting wines for a flying 24 hour visit to host a special event presenting some of the ...

ON October 25, 2019

Ornellaia: a cheat sheet

With the release of 2018 Ornellaia on the horizon, we tell you everything you need to know about the estate – and why it’s become such an icon of the Italian fine wine scene What is Ornellaia? Ornellaia is one of Italy’s most respected wineries, based in the Tuscan foothills of Bolgheri. Its top wine – simply titled Ornellaia – is a Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot, first produced in ...

BY FINE+RARE,

ON March 25, 2021

Two titans of Tuscany: Percarlo and La Ricolma

Luca Martini di Cigala, the man behind Percarlo and La Ricolma, is one of Tuscany’s viticultural pioneers. We spoke to the San Giusto a Rentennano winemaker about his role in the region’s renaissance and how he turned to the vineyard to reveal his wines’ true potential Few wine regions have seen a transformation as significant as Tuscany has over the ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON January 21, 2022

The Super Tuscans: everything you need to know

Sassicaia, Tignanello, Ornellaia: these fabled Super Tuscans are some of the world’s most desirable wines – kickstarting Italy’s fine wine renaissance, re-defining its reputation and proving what was possible. But how did these lowly table wines rise to the top of the fine wine ranks? For a long time, Tuscany was known merely for its squat jugs of rustic Chianti, ...

BY Sophie Thorpe,

ON September 10, 2020

The savants of Sangiovese: Il Marroneto

Alessandro Mori has produced every vintage in Il Marroneto’s 47-year history. As he prepares to hand this legacy to the next generation, we caught up with him to pause and consider his teachers – two legendary Tuscan figures that helped establish Il Marroneto as one of Montalcino’s top estates Last year Alessandro Mori completed his 47th vintage at Il Marroneto ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON April 15, 2022