Frescobaldi Castelgiocondo Lamaione IGT Toscana, 2020

The CastelGiocondo Estate, owned by the historic Frescobaldi family, is a prestigious Tuscan winery in Montalcino known for producing world-class Montalcino wines. The Castle was build as an ancient stronghold in 1100 to defend the road leading from the sea to Siena and its historic importance is represented on the label of Castelgiocondo by the figure of a condottiere (Lord) from a celebrated fresco of the Sienese artist Simone Martini

The property is one of the first 4 to begin producing Brunello di Montalcino in 1800 - Located at an altitude of 300m in the South-west of Montalcino, it has an ideal terroir for the production of Sangiovese. Vintage after vintage is reviewed with high scores by all major critics.

The Lamaione vineyard is located at an elevation of 300 meters above sea level, on marine clay soils and south west exposure. Merlot grapes were carefully selected and harvested by hand in boxes. Once at the winery destemming was followed by manual sorting of the berries. Fermentation was carried out in temperature-controlled steel tanks.

Then the wine was aged (aged or matured) for 21 months in 80% new French oak barriques; this was followed by an additional 12 months of aging in bottle. At the end of this process, Lamaione 2020 turned out ready to conquer the most demanding palates, thanks to a particularly favorable season.