Luce della Vite is a Montalcino estate founded in 1993 as a visionary collaboration between Vittorio Frescobaldi and Robert Mondavi. The property sits on high-elevation slopes bordering Frescobaldi's Castelgiocondo, famous for its Brunello di Montalcino.
Lucente is the estate's second wine, drawn from carefully selected vineyards particularly suited to producing a fruity, approachable style. Like Luce, it is a Merlot-Sangiovese blend with Merlot taking the lead. The 2020 shows an intense purplish red with a rich and complex bouquet of ripe cherry, raspberry and blackcurrant, balsamic eucalyptus and mint, and toasted notes of coffee and hazelnut.
Grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel at 28°C for around 10-12 days, followed by roughly 18-22 days' maceration and malolactic fermentation in steel. The wine is then aged for 12 months in French oak barriques — part new, part second-use — with a small proportion of American oak. The palate is round and velvety, with fine silky tannins seamlessly integrated with the wine's structure.
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