Le Boncie "Le Trame" IGP Toscana, Tuscany, Italy 2023

90% Saniovese, 10% Colorino, Mammolo, Foglia Tonda, and Ciliegiolo

Giovanna Morganti is quickly becoming recognized as one of the best of the new generation of Tuscan winemakers. Her flagship wine “Le Trame”—formerly classified as Chianti Classico but proudly a Toscana Rosso since she wearied of the red tape and exited the appellation in 2012—comprises almost entirely Sangiovese, head-trained and densely planted, with splashes of interplanted indigenous varieties, all planted in the late 1980s.

Fermented in open-top oak casks and aged in a combination of 15-hectoliter Stockinger botti and 500- and 600-liter barrels (all well used), Le Trame delivers powerful, punchy minerality and robustly healthy fruit that soars from the glass.

Vineyard work is conducted according to the general principles of the biodynamic movement. Harvesting is by hand. Fermentation occurs in traditional open-topped wooden tanks. The elevage is long and tranquil with an occasional racking implemented to aerate the wine. Aging occurs in mid-size barrels; the wine is then left to age in bottle for at least six months prior to release.