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Dark ruby in colour, opening with grilled oak, ripe raspberry and sour cherry fruits, fresh acitidies that bring Tuscan typicity, enjoyable and balanced, modern style. Aged in a mix of new and neutral oak. Nicolo d'Afflitto director, Alessandro Marini winemaker.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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This is another robust wine from Tenuta Luce with immediate notes of maple syrup and brown sugar. Made with a blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Sangiovese, the 2021 Lucente releases aromas of cherry cola, Tootsie Roll and toasted hazelnut. With 300,000 bottles made, you get a big and burley red wine.
Montalcino. Deep, lustrous crimson. A little subdued, with brooding intensity. Cherry with just a suggestion of savoury oak and vanilla. Succulent cherry palate loaded with grainy tannins. Great balance, but not ready yet. (WS)
A sweetly scented blend of wild blueberries and dusty sage gains complexity through cardamon and ground clove hints as the 2021 La Vite Lucente emerges from the glass. This is soothingly round and pure in style. A wave of ripe red and blue fruits easily wash across the palate, leaving a tactile mineral tinge and spice. Fine tannins frame the finish without slowing its momentum, and the 2021 tapers off long and staining with a steely minerality that lingers. The Lucente is a blend of Merlot and Sangiovese geared toward early consumption.