Le Boncie "Chiesamonti" Rosso de Toscana, Tuscany, Italy 2023

Saniovese and Canaiolo

Giovanna Morganti is quickly becoming recognized as one of the best of the new generation of Tuscan winemakers. 

Chiesamonti is a 1.3-hectare parcel adjacent to the town of San Felice in Castelnuovo Berardenga, with a stonier soil profile and a lower clay content than Giovanna’s backyard vineyard which comprises “Le Trame.” The vines, now over a decade old, were blended into “Cinque” in their youngest years, but have been employed in a separate bottling since the 2018 vintage.

“Chiesamonti” provides a fascinating counterpoint to “Le Trame”: silkier, higher-toned, and overall prettier, with a more blatant mineral underpinning and less sumptuously fleshy fruit. Made nearly entirely from Sangiovese with a touch of Canaiolo, it spends two years in wood just like its sister wine, but with a higher proportion of used 500- and 600-liter barrels.