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2021 Mongrana

Wine Details
Producer

Querciabella

Place of Origin

Italy

Banditella in Maremma

Tuscany

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintages
2022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2023 - 2027

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Readers will find plenty to admire in these wines from Querciabella. The 2021s and 2020s are both typical of their respective vintages. I find the 2021s especially intriguing because of their dynamic energy and textural finesse. It is a late-ripening vintage at Querciabella that yielded seriously impressive wines. The 2020s, on the other hand, are more linear in overall feel. “We did not even start picking Sangiovese until October. Our harvest was about two weeks later than in 2020,” winemaker Manfred Ing explained.

Querciabella continues to push the limits. Experiments with stem inclusion and submerged cap maceration have paid off handsomely here. The 2021 single-village Sangiovese are among the most compelling wines I have tasted here. Proprietor Sebastiano Castiglioni has made these wines for ten years but has not released a single bottle. Perhaps now that the new UGAs have been approved, Castiglioni might change his mind. A ten-year retrospective of those wines would be a pretty incredible tasting.