TOSCANA SANGIOVESE Duca Di Saragnano 2021 [Barbanera] 75cl

Medium Body, Dry (Sangiovese). IGT. Alc 13%. 99/99 “Best Producer 2020” Luca Maroni. Very rounded and accessible with soft tannins. Great first red of the evening. NB: This wine can sometimes be found with slightly different spellings/labels, for example on Vivino. It can also be found listed under the LINE of Duca Di Saragnano*, as opposed to the ESTATE of Barbanera. See the links below to read more on this wine: - VIVINO link 1 "Toscana Sangiovese 2019" - VIVINO link 2 "D.d.S. Toscana Sangiovese" * What’s in a name? In the case of the Barbanera family’s winery they chose to pay respect to a great legend whose descendant became a close friend of Luigi Barbanera (father of Marco and Paolo who now run the estate). The original Duca di Saragnano came from Campania but fled north to Tuscany, around the 10th Century, as foreign invaders took over much of southern Italy. The Duca di Saragnano was remembered as “amongst the bravest and noblest local defenders” of the Italian land, who “fought valiantly” against the aggressors. Centuries later the inheritor of the title ‘Duca di Saragnano’ met the Barbanera family, who had started out in 1938 with home-produced olive oil, cheeses, cured meat and wine, and granted the use of the prestigious name as “a token of his esteem”.