Monteti IGT 6/750 2006
Monteti wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc with a minimum part of Merlot and Alicante. It is willingly created with a high percentage of Petit Verdot. The wine has a complex structure that doesn’t aim at an immediate and easy effect, but at a slow and elegant impression through its fascinating and long-releasing sensations. When you open the bottle, the first impressions are of a very reserved wine, that closes in itself its personal effective characteristics. Only after a long aeration, even after you have poured it in the glass, it gradually evolves itself in an extraordinary expression of sensations and aromas: a slow and majestic presentation of its personal full character. This particular characteristic is given by the maturation method that is constantly and personally followed up during the wine’s period in the oak barrels. in the barrels the wine is given a minimum oxidation, leaving the liquid with its sediment, that has a very strong anti-oxidation function, and maintaining a low opportunity of an oxygen contact. The final purpose of this process is to leave the wine follow its natural maturation course, minimising the use of sulphites. The use of this method needs a lot of attention from whom is responsible of the wine’s evolution process, that has a key-role in the daily challenge with the risk, always on the edge. This is why, at Tenuta Monteti, we call this method “Andrea’s bet”, from the name of Andrea Elmi our oenologist, who personally follows the wine evolution. Therefore open the bottle much in advance, leave the wine in the glass, joining you in a long conversation.
Wine description from the winery
Expert Review
93+ Wine Advocate
The 2006 Monteti sparkles on the palate with beautifully articulated dark fruit, rosemary, mint and French oak. This is a somewhat understated 2006 from the Tuscan coast that relies more on elegance than sheer power, and there is no shortage of finesse here. This continues to gain weight and density in the glass, though, and my impression is that it will develop into a rather muscular wine even if today it is somewhat closed in on itself. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2026. Tenuta Monteti is one of the most exciting properties on the Tuscan coast. The flagship Monteti is a Cabernet Franc/Petit Verdot blend that spends 16 months in French oak and is bottled unfiltered and unfined. All three vintages I tasted were magnificent.
#191 (Oct 2010)
