
TENUTA LUCE Luce 2018
- SKU:
- 3660024
- UPC:
- 2310057685661
97 points “Very focused and classy on the nose with blackberries currants mushrooms and dark bark. It's full-bodied with a tight palate of chewy tannins that give structure and form to the wine. Beautiful centre palate of dark fruit and mushrooms. Subtle and strong.” – James Suckling
Dreamt up by the Frescobaldi family and Robert Mondavi and always a high scorer with the wine critics the legendary Super-Tuscan Luce represents an immaculate blend of Montalcino’s savoury leathery and bloody Sangiovese with the soft fruitiness and density of Merlot. 2018 was a silky and elegant vintage so when Luce came out of its two-year slumber in oak it was thing of beauty. The fruit is precise and fresh; think blackberry blackcurrant ripple plum and Morello interlaced with tobacco leather and elegance. Not to be missed.
The superstar Frescobaldi family supplied wine to Michelangelo and Henry VIII long before dazzling the world with the likes of Ornellaia Masseto CastelGiocondo and many more. So there was great excitement when Vittorio Frescobaldi teamed up with California’s iconic producer Robert Mondavi to create Luce della Vite in 1995 now known as Tenuta Luce. The grapes came from vineyards in Montalcino next to the Frescobaldi’s CastelGiocondo estate and the wines have stunned the world ever since.
SKU No.: 3660024
Style No.: 871332
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese,Merlot
Closure: Cork
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 15%
Volume: 750ml
Allergens: Sulphites