2023 Estate Quello Grande®

Composition: 49% Sangiovese, 16% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 15% Petit Verdot, 5% Graciano

Nose (aromas): dried florals, herbal underbrush, red plum

Flavor (palate): ripe cherry, espresso bean, green peppercorn

Winemaker's Notes: Quello Grande is our Super Tuscan, Sangiovese at the core with a Bordeaux frame around it, drawn from all three of our estate vineyards. Sangiovese ripens early and brings tart red fruit and acidity. The Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Graciano come in later with spice, darker fruit, structure, and floral lift, turning a medium-bodied Sangiovese into something darker and more serious. The 2023 vintage was long, cool, and wet early, a late harvest that let the fruit fully mature while holding its acid. Full-bodied, with firm tannin and fresh acidity. It is spicier and richer young, and given time that spice settles as the fruit deepens. Decant it about an hour. Drink it with braised short ribs over polenta, a lamb ragu over pappardelle, or eggplant parmesan with plenty of herbs.

Aging Potential: Now - 2038+

Additional Info: Quello Grande is our Super Tuscan, a style born in Tuscany when producers began blending Sangiovese with Bordeaux varieties like Cabernet and Merlot. Ours is estate grown, which is a rare thing to find, and it was part of our Fall 2026 club shipment.

"We jokingly call this one Sangiovese on steroids. On its own our Sangiovese is medium bodied and fruit driven, but wrap it in Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Graciano and it turns into something darker and more serious, with real structure and spice. The 2023 vintage was made for this wine. It was long and cool with rain early, a patient season that gave us full, mature fruit with the acidity still intact. It is tasting great right now, but this is the one I would tuck away. Give it time and it will only get better."

- CHASE CARHARTT, CO-WINEMAKER