Ricardo Campinoti of Le Ragnaie in Montalcino
Ricardo Campinoti of Le Ragnaie in Montalcino talks to Monty Waldin about single vineyard Brunello and the shift to traditional winemaking in the region. Videos about winemakers and wine. grapecollective.com
LE RAGNAIE, Brunello di Montalcino
Le Ragnaie is a winery in the hills surrounding Montalcino, where they make the famous Brunello di Montalcino wine. Riccardo shows us his vineyards and cellar, and of course their wine.
Le Ragnaie has the highest vineyards in all of Montalcino, 621 m at its highest point, in the south-western part of the area. But they also have other vineyards in other parts of Montalcino.
The soil in the Ragnaie vineyards is retreated sea: sand, with sandstone underneath. But all 5-6 vineyards in the area have different soils, like more clay and river stones, for example.
Different to a more common vinification style in Montalcino is that Le Ragnaie uses a long maceration time, usually around 40 days (minimum), to give their wine more structure, complexity, elegance and lightness because of better integrated tannins.
During the tour around the winery, they taste some wine from the barrel. For example: 2015 was a ripe vintage, ripe vintages can suppress the terroir a little, so the wine expresses less elegance and finesse.
Riccardo, originally from Siena, was always passionate about wine and he was driven to become a winemaker. The nearby Montalcino wines were legendary and so he bought a rundown property in the area to follow his dream. The first vintage was 1991 and he has grown ever since.
His DOCG Chianti Colli Senesi, a couple of years ago, was denied the appellation status because the 2014 vintage was to light in color. Riccardo doesn't really understand why, because even though 2014 was a bad year (very cool and rainy), Sangiovese is naturally quite light in color, if vinified in the traditional style. Actually, it shouldn't be too dark at all.
He thinks the local consortium might be used to the darker Chianti wines because the Chianti Colli Senesi appellation allows up to 20% of other grape varieties, like Merlot, to be blended in, which leads to a darker colored wine. The consortium denied him the appellation twice in a row, so he stopped making Chianti DOCG wines. Instead, he 'declassified' to a small production of what is now called: IGT Troncone.
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A very brief glimpse into the vineyard and winery of rising star Riccardo Campinoti's life work, Le Ragnaie in Montalcino. His 2009s were the second highest scoring Brunelli from Wine Spectator. The Wine Advocate had this to say of the wines:
Le Ragnaie is, in my opinion, the break-out star of the 2009 vintage. If I were to select my top picks of the 2009 vintage, these beautiful bottles would be among them. Their tasting profile – loaded with gorgeous, elegant floral nuances – clearly sets them apart. They are the essence of balance and Brunello beauty.
The wines are available exclusively in the United States through Vine Street Imports (vsimports.com).
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We welcome our new Italy co-host, Filippo Bartolotta, a native Florentine, wine expert, writer, and travel company owner. This fabulous normal wine guy tells us about himself, about Italian wine culture, and about how to get the best out of Tuscan wine!
The Show Notes:
1. Chianti is hard to recommend by appellation, the producer is more important (heart and land).
Still, the best areas for Sangiovese are on the northern slopes. Areas between Florence and Siena like: Castelnuovo Berardenga, Castellina, Gaiole, Radda, Barberino Val d'Elsa, San Casciano are great. Colli Pisane, Colli Fiorentine, Colli Sienese have good wines as well.
2. Classico is a safe bet for an old school Chianti with:
A light color licorice orange peel violet cherry terroir!
3. Chianti Classics a minimum of 80% Sangiovese but can be 100%. It includes native grapes like Colorino or Canaiolo, and Merlot, Cabernet, and Syrah in small proportions.
4. Classico also has a Riserva tier (aged a min of 24 months with a minimum of 12.5% alcohol to guarantee the fruit is ripe), and Gran Selezione (aged 30 months in barrel, 13% alcohol minimum).
Example: Montevertine (especially Le Pergola Torte),
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6. The best producers pay attention to climate, clonal selection and tension between acidity, fruit and terroir.
7. Great producers
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Sono Montenidoli,
Cesani
Panizzi
Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara
La Lastra
San Quirico
Il Lebbio
I know we promised a list of more Tuscan producers, but it's been hard to get a hold of those names since Filippo is the wineman to the stars : ) For now, we can use this list from an article he penned for Decanter a while back...
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Red wine with a certain evolution here, the rim is quite brick-coloured with a light ruby core. Quite exotic nose here, there’s some hints of mint, wild herbs, quite sweet fruit almost like baked fruit, cooked plum, vanilla, wood and tobacco. Good grip on the palate, quite full-bodied. Still in the youthful phase with quite grippy tannin there, quite marked tannin, with that dried spiciness going on there; I find almost like Christmas cake or gingerbread in terms of spiciness. Dried wood, cedar wood, discreet fruit. A rather long finish. I think it’s a wine that certainly has the potential to keep developing. I find the tannins maybe a bit marked right now. We should put it back in the cellar for a while, but it certainly has the quality to keep evolving.
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