LiQuery - La Vite Lucente

LA VITE LUCENTE

Item:	979062
Size:	1500 mL (50.7 oz)
Type:	VINTAGES
Release Date:	2022-12-01
Producer:	Marchesi De Frescobaldi
Location:	Italy - Tuscany
Price:	$94.00 Price History
Style:	Red Wine Full-bodied & Smooth
Alcohol:	13.5%
Varietal:	Merlot Blend
Sugar Code:	- (7.0 g/L)
Rating:	93
Total Inventory:	6 vs. on
Cellar:	2027

Description
This, the second wine to Frescobaldi's iconic 'Luce', is a blend of Merlot, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, matured for 12 months in French barriques. Always a huge hit with Vintages customers, this wine offers intense strawberry, blueberry, and currant fruit accented by mocha and spice. Built to last, it will show best after 2012; if you can't wait, decant it and enjoy with rare red meat dishes.

Description

This, the second wine to Frescobaldi's iconic 'Luce', is a blend of Merlot, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, matured for 12 months in French barriques. Always a huge hit with Vintages customers, this wine offers intense strawberry, blueberry, and currant fruit accented by mocha and spice. Built to last, it will show best after 2012; if you can't wait, decant it and enjoy with rare red meat dishes.

Tasting Notes
Complex, full-bodied yet subtle Italian red wine. Gorgeous aromas of dried black cherry, cedar, smoke, fleshy blackberries from an iconic producer. This full-bodied red wine is the second wine to Frescobaldi's flagship label Luce. It's a blend of Merlot, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, and it was aged for 1 year in French barriques. This is the magnum size of this wine, equivalent to two regular (750 ml) bottles. Decant for 1 hour and you're ready to go! The grapes are sourced from the same vineyards as Luce aged in oak barriques in the winery at Montalcino. Pair this wine with prime rib. Drink: 2018-2027. Score - 93. (Natalie MacLean, nataliemaclean.com, Aug. 2016)

Tasting Notes