Azienda Agricola Leuta 1,618 Cortona Doc – 2018
Organic
Super Tuscan
Merlot
$42.00
309 in stock
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From Cortona’s Leuta winery, 1,618 is a “Super Tuscan”, or a wine made outside the strictures of one of Tuscany’s well-known DOCs (Chianti, Brunello, etc.) They commonly contain Bordeaux grapes, thus the merlot in this 2018.
Hand harvested from vines on a silty, clay soil, with natural yeast and 18 months in French oak, this merlot has dark ruby color, with notes of black fruit, chocolate, and tobacco (with maybe gunpowder?) on the nose, and a strong, jammy body. Drink now to 2030.
