Brunello di Montalcino “Magistra” DOCG 2021

Sesta di Sopra | Tuscany
Podere Sesta di Sopra | IT 53024 Castelnuovo dell'Abate

09842321 · 0,75 l · 132,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

Magistra. The Latin word for the teacher, the master – the one you learn from without her saying much. Ettore Spina has not given his oldest parcel a romantic name, but a precise one. What this scant hectare of vineyard does with Sangiovese teaches us. Planted in 1982 with the BBS11 clone of the Biondi-Santi family – the finest that Montalcino has to offer. Limestone-rich soil at 380 metres, vines deeply rooted over four decades, whose yield has always been low. Ian d'Agata describes the terroir of Sesta di Sopra, together with Montosoli, as one of the two best sites for Sangiovese in the whole of Montalcino. The Magistra site lies at the heart of this. And matures – like the Annata in its own barrel – in a single Slavonian oak vat. The result: barely 1,000 bottles per year. Even fewer in difficult years.

2021 – the year of cool nights and precise ripeness – has given this parcel what it needs: tension. What emerges is not a demonstrative wine. It makes no announcement. It is simply there and convincing. Dark, bright ruby red in colour. Sour cherry, truffle, cinnamon and spices, herbs, a hint of sweet smoke on the nose – complex, multi-layered, yet of rare elegance. The flavour is enveloping and precise at the same time, with fine tannins, harmonious acidity and a final of exceptional length. A wine that deserves its name: Magistra. You learn from it. And anew with every sip. SUPERIORE.DE