'Le Ombre' Poggio Mandorlo 2016
"Le Ombre" by Poggio Mandorlo is a red wine from Tuscany coming from the Maremma wine area, just outside the borders of Val d'Orcia, made from Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Sangiovese grapes, and aged for 18 months in French oak barriques. It expresses an intense and rich aromatic bouquet, with aromas of blackberries and dark fruit, with mineral details of wet stone, licorice, Virginia tobacco, and leather, concluding with an intense, persistent, and balsamic finish.
The wine “Le Orme” from Poggio Mandorlo presents itself with an intense and bright garnet red color. On the nose, aromas of ripe dark fruit and jam appear, including cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, and plum, herbaceous and floral notes of dried flowers, spicy hints of sweet spices, including vanilla and tobacco, licorice and leather, then shifting to balsamic hints of mint and minerals of wet stone. On the palate, it is warm, enveloping, intense, and soft, characterized by good sapidity and an evolved tannic structure. This wine from the Poggio Mandorlo winery is a complex and balanced red with a very persistent finish played on balsamic notes.
carry out the alcoholic fermentation that takes place at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks with a maceration on the skins of about three weeks. Subsequently, the wine is racked with pressing of the skins, after which it remains in aging for at least 18 months in French oak barriques of first passage before being bottled and ready for marketing.The wine “Le Orme” from Poggio Mandorlo presents itself with an intense and bright garnet red color. On the nose, aromas of ripe dark fruit and jam appear, including cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, and plum, herbaceous and floral notes of dried flowers, spicy hints of sweet spices, including vanilla and tobacco, licorice and leather, then shifting to balsamic hints of mint and minerals of wet stone. On the palate, it is warm, enveloping, intense, and soft, characterized by good sapidity and an evolved tannic structure. This wine from the Poggio Mandorlo winery is a complex and balanced red with a very persistent finish played on balsamic notes.