2022 Montevertine, Le Pergole Torte MAGNUM 1,5l [in OHK/owc]

The 2022 Le Pergole Torte is every bit as magnificent as it was last year. Deep and expansive in the glass, with stunning depth, the 2022 stains the palate with layers of dark fruit, mocha, new leather and cedar. The 2022 starts to blossom with just a bit of time in the glass, leading to a finish that explodes on the back end. As has been the case for some time, the differences between Montevertine and Pergole Torte are increasingly mostly about style. The 2022 spent a year in Damy French oak barrels followed by a second year in cask. It will require a number of years to shed some baby fat to be at its most expressive.

Even after all these years, Montevertine remains a reference point in Chianti Classico. The young 2023s show the natural richness and volume of a year marked by a very hot summer. Conditions were more moderate in 2022. That comes through in wines that offer rich, layered fruit shaped by a warm, dry season tempered by a cool finish and a harvest that stretched into October. Readers will find a more classic Montevertine style in the 2022s, of course keeping in mind that is in today’s context, where the wines are much more approachable young than they once were. When I started tasting these wines in the 1990s, young vintages were hard as nails.