Tenuta Licinia - Liedekerke 2016 (750ml)

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Producer	Tenuta Licinia
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Varietal	Petit Verdot,  Cabernet Sauvignon,  Cabernet Franc
Vintage	2016
Sku	82931
Size	750ml

 

Jacques de Liedekerke, starting in the 1970s, planned to bring back one particular plot that he had identified. It took him thirty years to prepare the project and finally replant the Sasso di Fata vineyard in 2006. In 2020, his grandson James Marshall became the winemaker and started farming the first Sangiovese plot, Montalceto, a tiny one-hectare plot nearly 20km from the winery.

We now have just 6.5 Ha of vines and alongside that there are 60Ha of forest. 

The Area

The winery is situated near the village of Lucignano, a small hilltop village on the northern edge of the Valdichiana. As an Etruscan area, Lucignano has a long history of wine production - which largely died out in the 20th century. One of the aims of Tenuta Licinia is to bring fine wine production back to the village and the surrounding area. 

Tasting Notes from the Winery nose is expressive and brooding – a dark cherry dimension is uplifted by tea leaves and sage. The tannin is granulated and powerful, which gives a defined profile to the wine. There are typical Petit Verdot hints of banana and eucalyptus that accompany the dark cherry on the palate. A wine happy for storage or faster consumption and ideal to counteract grease in cooking. For elegance store but for excitement and dynamism drink now.