BASILE Ad Agio Montecucco Riserva (Magnum)
2017 • 1500ml • 14.0%
- Italy > Tuscany > Montecucco
- Sangiovese
- Christmas!!!
Read out loud in your best M&S Advert tone. Sometimes size does matter. Gentle spicy tones, with fresh notes of raspberry, strawberry, red plum. Tannins give a seductive mouthfeel (yes, you heard that right) that keep enticing you for another glass.
COLIN'S NOTE
Montecucco is the hidden treasure of the wine world, as vines occupy the slopes of the Monte Amiata, the second highest volcano in Italy.
IN SHORT
Designed for sharing, Tuscan gem – elegant, savoury, timeless
BASILE
Basile has been making organic wine in the hills of Maremma since 1999 — long before it was trendy. Giovan Battista Basile took over an abandoned estate and, together with his family and winemaker Maurizio Saettini, turned it into a thriving patch of vines surrounded by wild Tuscan woodland. Everything here is hands-on: no weedkillers, horse manure for fertiliser, hand-harvested grapes and small-batch winemaking in oak and steel. From pure Sangiovese to crisp Vermentino blends, the wines are elegant, honest and a true taste of southern Tuscany — proof that respect for land and family can make bottles sing.
