{"product_id":"pergole-torte-montevertine-toscana-italy-2020-75cl","title":"Pergole Torte, Montevertine - Toscana, Italy 2020 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Sergio Manetti released the first Le Pergole Torte in 1977, no one else in Tuscany was bottling Sangiovese entirely on its own and treating it like a grand cru. It was the first single-vineyard, 100% Sangiovese Super Tuscan, and it changed how the world saw the grape. Nearly fifty years on it remains one of Italy's greatest reds — grown high in Radda, aged in oak, and bottled simply as Toscana IGT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 is a stunner from a deep, powerful vintage. Ripe cherries and wild strawberry meet violets, then cocoa, coffee and a graphite mineral streak underneath. With air come tobacco, dried herbs, rose petal and a twist of orange peel. The structure is the marvel: fine-grained tannins, bright acidity and real concentration, all held in balance. Ripe and lifted at once — the trick Sangiovese so rarely pulls off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis will gain depth and savoury complexity over the next fifteen to thirty years, so if you have the patience, cellar it. If you can't wait, decant it hard and drink from around 2028. A genuine icon — and one that, for what it is, still looks fairly priced against Tuscany's other legends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecant for a couple of hours and serve at 18°C in a large Burgundy bowl. Young and built to last, it needs air to show what it's got.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe River Cafe, Hammersmith — a fitting stage for one of Italy's great reds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocanda Locatelli, Marylebone — refined enough to match the wine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNoble Rot, Lamb's Conduit Street — where a bottle like this gets the respect it deserves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it simple and let the wine talk — bistecca alla fiorentina, or pappardelle with a slow-cooked beef and porcini ragù.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55376557539652,"sku":"HO13501B20","price":179.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/LEPER.png?v=1781781863","url":"https:\/\/checkout.houseofdecant.com\/products\/pergole-torte-montevertine-toscana-italy-2020-75cl","provider":"House of Decant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}