By Oliverio Toscani
O.T. 2012

Winemaker's Comments
Wine is about concentrating all in one bottle: vintage, nature, light, wind, and experiences. We aim to find a balance among vines, tastes, smells, tannins, and acidity. It is a matter of mixing a good amount of sensitivity and rigor in addition to a healthy kick of craziness. Everything matches. In taking photos, one can tell reality through sight. In making wine, one can tell reality through taste. Both arts are surprising and captivating.

Winemaking
For this wine, we use grapes from well-defined lots of the vineyard on draining and iron soils. The grapes are meticulously picked and selected by hand before undergoing fermentation in controlled-temperature steel tanks. Aging occurs for 12 months in Slavonian oak barrels and eventually rests for about 36 months in bottles.

Wine Details
Appellation: IGT Toscana
Vineyard: Monteromboli

Vinification
Harvest: Mid-September and October
Fermentation: Controlled-temperature steel tanks
Maceration: Approximately 20 days
Aging: 12 months in Slavonian oak barrels followed by 36 months in bottle
[Information provided by Votto Vines]

Oliviero Toscani Toscana OT 2012
Score: 93
Wine Type and Color: Red Still
Magazine Issue: July 31, 2018
Region: Italy / Toscana
Reviewed By: Bruce Sanderson
A meaty style, this red exhibits blackberry, black cherry, black pepper and loam aromas and flavors. This leans toward gamy, woodsy notes from maturity, with a dry, chalky feel on the finish. Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2028.