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Lucente Toscana IGT 2019 (750ml)

 
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Price: $26.00

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Producer Luce
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Varietal Red Blend
Vintage 2019
Sku 14712
Size 750ml

In 1994 Robert Mondavi and the Frescobaldi family came together to create a new wine that blended the tradition of Tuscany's historic city of Montalcino and its wonderful Sangiovese-based wines of Brunello with the spirit of the new world that the Mondavi's had helped to create in Napa. Combining the balance and powerful structure that Sangiovese from Montalcino is famous for with the succulent purity and silky textured elegance that Merlot could bring to the glass yielded an incredible expression that they named Luce. 

The 2019 Tenuta Luce 'La Vite Lucente' is the second-label wine from Luce. The wine is made from barrels that did not go into the much more expensive main wine. Often in the first vintages, the youngest vines went into Lucente, but as the vineyards have matured over the last almost 30 years, this wine has become a steal of a value!

The vineyards of Luce are planted to the same Sangiovese Grosso that makes up their adjacent Brunello estate. The highest altitude vineyard blocks allow the Sangiovese to ripen slowly and maintain freshness while developing wonderfully silky tannin. The Merlot is planted on the lower blocks grown on heavier soils with lots of clay. This holds moisture and allows the Merlot to achieve wonderful purity and depth of flavor that gives the wine a rich mid-palate. The blend is 50% Sangiovese and 50% Merlot, aged 12 months in barrel.

The wine is a beautiful vivid purple/red color in the glass. The nose jumps out with aromas of fresh raspberry and blackberry fruits laced with fresh herbs and chocolate and hints of toasted vanilla oak. On the palate, the wine is wonderfully silken textured with a vibrant and fresh character. Flavors of red and blueberry fruits are framed with savory spice and mouth-watering acidity that carries the flavors through to a long and pure finish. 

James Suckling: 94 Points

Lots of blue fruit, graphite and stone aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied with tight and linear tannins and a fresh, vivid finish. Punchy, yet fine, suggesting two to four years of bottle will soften the wine.

Wine Advocate: 92 Points

A blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Sangiovese, the Tenuta Luce 2019 Lucente reveals a very pretty dark ruby color over medium concentration. The wine boasts a very lively bouquet with plump cherry fruit, blackberry, sweet spice and toast. At its core, Lucente is a contemporary and international wine with elegant Italian styling and evergreen appeal in both domestic and foreign markets. This softly layered Italian red would pair with your favorite dishes at your neighborhood Italian restaurant. It ages in new and neutral oak for 12 months.

Decanter: 92 Points

Beautiful nose filled with blackcurrant and cherries and a rich milk chocolate note, smells ripe and appealing. Juicy and fully flavoured, a plump mouthfeel with the spicy touches coming through straight away. The liquorice and sweet cedar giving hints of heat and toast on the edges surrounded by blackcurrant and black cherries. Characterful and such a bargain at this price. I love the juiciness with the abundance of fruit - it's so ripe and heady but still succulent and well defined. A fruit bomb with silky exterior. Such a long length too, feels powerful, strong, broad shouldered yet smooth and rippling underneath the muscles. Gorgeous.

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