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| Madre is a perfectly balanced wine with a flaverful texture that fills the mouth with finesse but without a hint of aggression. This rich and powerful red has wonderful aging potential, as its abundant fruit and well integrated tannins soften with additional time. Born with the 2001 vintage "Madre" was the first blended wine produced by Poggio Antico. It was named from the "Madre" homestead, which is part of the Poggio Antico estate. Due to increasing demand for our wines, new vineyards were planted there in 1997. Poggio Antico received authorization to produce Brunello di Montalcino on all of these new vineyards, but our intention was to produce a new wine (Madre), so only part of them were planted with Sangiovese, while a smaller portion was dedicated to Cabernet Sauvignon. After harvest these two grape varietals are aged separately for eighteen months n new 500-liter tonneaux of French oak. The two batches are then blended and bottled and spend an additional eight months together in refinement before being released. This unique process for Madre has proved to be the perfect "marriage" of the musculature and curvature that are characteristic of these two grape varietals. The unique soil, microclimate, exposure, and altitude that both varietals commonly enjoy, the extremely low yields, and the maniacal care that is put into each step of Madre's prodcution, have ensured the production of a quite distictive wine. Madre has in fact enjoyed international recognition from its very first vintage. |
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