The Monteverro 2021 is the estate's flagship wine — a Bordeaux blend of rare elegance and finesse, aged for twenty-four months in French barriques of which 70% are new. The blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot brings together the highest level of the Capalbio terroir. The international wine press received this vintage with exceptional scores: 99 points from Decanter, 97 from James Suckling and Falstaff, 96 from Vinum, 95 from Robert Parker and an extraordinary 19.5/20 from Weinwisser. A wine that, in the wake of the perfect 2019, writes a new chapter.
In the glass, a deep, dark black-cherry colour with bright Ferrari-red and purple highlights at the rim. On the nose, a refined and complex bouquet: floral notes of potpourri, rose and violets lead the way, followed by ripe blueberry, thyme and oregano, with a layered background of cedar and graphite. On the palate, a velvet-soft entry opens onto a fresh, concentrated mid-palate with notes of black currant and blackberry, lingering on cherry pit, black olive and a fine minerality. The body is full and harmonious, supported by silky tannins and a vibrant acidity that gives the wine its classical tension. The finish is long and refined, with a lasting Mediterranean presence. A wine for the grand table: grilled rib-eye with truffle, venison fillet with cassis sauce, slow-cooked lamb shoulder, or 36-month aged Parmigiano Reggiano.
Monteverro is the leading coastal estate of Julia and Georg Weber in Capalbio, in the southern Maremma. Since 2003 they have been building a reference estate for Tuscan coastal wines, originally conceived as an Italian answer to the great names of Bordeaux. The modern, entirely gravity-driven cellar and an uncompromising approach from vineyard to bottle have established Monteverro, in less than two decades, as one of the most respected new names on the Italian coast. The Monteverro is the flagship and the finest expression of the Capalbio terroir. The cuvée brings together the highest level from the best parcels: for the 2021 vintage, a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon (the estate's defining backbone), 40% Cabernet Franc (aromatic freshness and floral lift), 10% Merlot (roundness) and 5% Petit Verdot (depth of colour and spice). The higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, and the lower share of Merlot compared to Terra di Monteverro, accentuate the wine's refinement and ageing potential. The grapes grow on clay and limestone soils with eroded stones, on vines planted at a density of 7,575 per hectare in north-south orientation. Grapes are harvested entirely by hand, with picking dates precisely adapted to each section of each parcel. In the cellar, each lot is vinified separately, in stainless steel and in barrel, with spontaneous fermentations and manual punch-downs. All movement is gravity-driven. The wine then ages for twenty-four months in French oak casks, of which 70% are new — a considerably higher oak treatment than Terra di Monteverro, which the structure and concentration of the cuvée effortlessly integrate. The wine is unfined and only lightly filtered before bottling. The result is a Monteverro that seamlessly takes over the international acclaim of the exceptional 2019 vintage. A wine of stature, already showing its class today for those who appreciate youthful tension, yet one that will reveal its full splendour only after several years of cellar rest — with a drinking window that comfortably extends well beyond 2045.
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