2020 Montesecondo ‘Loupé’ Rosso

Grapes: 90% Sangiovese, 5% Colorino, 5% CanaioloRegion: Chianti <Tuscany <ItalyViticulture/ cellar stats: Certified biodynamic farming; clay &galestro soils, 12 day maceration in cement, aging for at least 1 yrin cement; bottled unfined/unfiltered with <15ppm added So2; 13% ABVWinemaker: Silvio MessanaIn a previous life, Silvio Messana was a New Yorker. There had alwaysbeen this beautiful farm in Tuscany outside of Florence where Silvio’smother lived. They visited yearly. His father had planted vineyardsthere in the early 1970’s. Since his death, his mother looked afterthem and sold the grapes to a local négociant. In the mid 1990’s,Silvio’s mother was ill and his family decided to move back to be nearher. By this time, Silvio had already developed a passion for wine inthe United States. With the certain impossibility of finding anaffordable rent in New York with three growing sons, Silvio and hiswife Catalina decided to stay on after his mother’s death, turning theChianti