IGT Toscana Rosso "Uva Matta"

Italy
Tuscany
2023

Field blend. Red: Sangiovese/Ciliegiolo/Colorino/Mammolo/Canaiolo/others. White: Malvasia/Malvasia Toscana/Trebbiano/Procanico/Nocchianello/more. The list of varieties--not even a complete one--tells the tale of this wine's name, Uva Matta or "crazy grapes". This tiny parcel was planted in 1923 on sandy marl soils at 500 meters in the hills around extinct volcano Monte Amiata (about 10 miles southeast of Montalcino). Fonterenza owns and farms it organically. The bunches are harvested and destemmed by hand, fermented spontaneously in an open plastic vat with a few days of maceration and aged for 14 months in a 500-hectoliter oak cask. The wine is bottled without filtration and with minimal sulfur. 2023 yielded a mere 600 bottles.   

92 points
"Sweet lavender and violet give way to perfumed blackberries as the 2023 Rosso Uva Matta blossoms in the glass. This is wildly textural, pliant and round like liquid stone, with cooling acidity and mineral-infused red berry fruits. This leaves a tart blackberry twang and pretty inner florals on the spicy, long finish. The Uva Matta hails from a vineyard on Mount Amiata that was planted in 1923."
Eric Guido,
Vinous Media
March 2026

SKU/Code: 
DB5914-23
Product Line: 
Wine
Red
Varietal: 
Sangiovese
Farming Type: 
Biodynamic