Lungarotti Torgiano Rubesco Vigna Monticchio

Name: Lungarotti Torgiano Rubesco Vigna Monticchio 2016
Brand: Lungarotti
SKU: rubes16
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

2016

PARKER

17.5

JANCIS ROBINSON

SUCKLING

GAMBERO ROSSO

VITI AIS

4 reviews

Lungarotti

Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG (Italy)

Sangiovese

Spec sheet

Type	Red wine
Region	Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG (Italy)
Grapes	100% Sangiovese
Producer	Lungarotti
Allergens	Contains sulfites
Alcohol contenti	14.0%
Production	20,000 bottles

The wine

Rubesco Vigna Monticchio by Lungarotti is one of the red wines that is part of the legend of Italian wine. It is a red from Umbria, a region of spectacular hills and villages that can compete with anything from Tuscany.

Including the wine. Vigna Monticchio is a sort of Chianti red moved into Umbria, with an important refinement in wood that makes it one of the most awarded wines in Italy and in the world. A full-bodied, but elegant, velvety, complete and long-lived red wine.

Every year it receives the highest national and international awards. Gambero Rosso, Bibenda and the Italian Sommelier Association have agreed for years to award Monticchio the highest scores.

An Italian red wine which is a symbol of the territory and what the Lungarotti family has given and received from the Torgiano area. All the best that Umbria expresses, all the best that Italy express in a single label.

What does this wine taste like?

Rubesco Vigna Monticchio is a red wine with a warm and intense profile made from single-variety Sangiovese grapes. Elegant and with a solidly structure, it has a deep ruby colour and a complex bouquet reminiscent of morello cherry and blackberry, delicate hints of violet and light mentholated notes and a spicy finish.

Over the years, it evolves towards a garnet colour and expresses all the class of Sangiovese for ageing. In fact, it expresses evolved notes of bitter cocoa, sweet tobacco and goudron, with ethereal and enamel puffs.

Highly concentrated, fruity and slightly balsamic, it expresses a harmonious and balanced progression in its youth. It has soft, velvety tannins and a long, persistent finish. It manages to perfectly balance pleasantness and austerity, thanks to the class and freshness of Sangiovese.

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Food pairing

It goes perfectly with structured second courses of red meat, such as roast, game, braised meat. Excellent also with cold cuts and aged cheeses.

cocidos-y-potajes — Stews and casseroles

Ratings and awards

2016	93 PK	17.5 JR	93 SK	3 GR	4 VA
2015	92 PK
2013	94 PK
2012	91 PK
2011	92 PK			3 GR	4 VA
2009				3 GR	4 VA

PK: ParkerJR: Jancis robinsonSK: SucklingGR: Gambero rossoVA: Viti ais

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Suckling, Parker, and Jancis Robinson

Very pleasant sangiovese from Umbria here, with lots of nutty cherry and berry character. Full and lightly firm with a relaxed core of fruit, lightly firm tannins and enough acidity to keep it going. The nutty character prevails on the long finish. Interesting. Enjoy now or hold.

— James Suckling (04/08/2021)JamesSuckling.com Vintage 2016 - 93 SUCKLING

Earthy and savory, with scorched soil on top of dark cherry and dried blackberry, the 2016 Torgiano Rosso Riserva Rubesco Vigna Monticchio is streamlined, focused and tight compared to the open-knit 2015 vintage that I tasted at the same time. Showing faint mineral tones, these vines planted among tobacco fields (for making Toscano cigars) have a distinctive smoky or savory quality. This is an Umbrian classic of some 35,000 bottles produced annually.

— Monica Larner (15/07/2021)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2016 - 93 PARKER

Lustrous mid ruby. Elegant, fine and concentrated nose with minerally, chalky notes and leafy cherry. Succulent red-fruit palate but still very embryonic and with intense long powdery tannins. Elegant palate weight defying the 14.5% alcohol. Not ready yet.

— Walter Speller (08/04/2021)JancisRobinson.com Vintage 2016 - 17.5 JANCIS ROBINSON

Customer reviews

Winemaking

Vinification material	Stainless steel
Ageing period	Between 12 and 48 months
Barrel age	Semi-new
Type of wood	Oak

Vineyards

Monticchio

Soil	Clay
Yields	Low yields
Surface area	15.00 hectares
Altitude	300.00 meters

Lungarotti Torgiano Rubesco Vigna Monticchio

Spec sheet

The wine

What does this wine taste like?

Drinking and storing

Food pairing

Ratings and awards

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Suckling, Parker, and Jancis Robinson

Customer reviews

Winemaking

Vineyards

Monticchio

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