Isole e Olena Chardonnay 2023

Name: Isole e Olena Chardonnay 2023
Brand: Isole e Olena
SKU: NEGNWPROD181
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About this Wine

94 POINTS - Monica Larner
"This is a wine in evolution. For one, the wine’s name has changed under new management with the removal of the words “Collezione Privata,” which readers may remember. The Isole e Olena 2023 Chardonnay is softly textured and rich with cooked apricot, baked apple, breakfast pastry and light spice. It is fermented and aged in oak with fruit from a dedicated six-hectare plot with a mix of calcareous marl and galestro shale, soil types that lock in freshness and perfumes. This is always a standout Tuscan white wine thanks to its pure intensity and carefully measured mid-weight intensity. Production is 21,000 bottles."

Unexpected. A wine worth discovering. Isole e Olena’s Chardonnay was first produced in 1987 after the grafting of some selected French clones of chardonnay on white varieties. Today there are almost 6 hectares of high-density vineyards of chardonnay. It’s an artisanal white wine, which in terms of fine quality, longevity and style, represents the perfect expression of an Isole e Olena fine wine. It’s fermented in small barrels with a balanced use of new oak, a maximum of 25/30 percent, and matured for a long period on the lees.

Type	White Wine
Varietal(s)	Chardonnay
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Brand	Isole e Olena
Vintage	2023

Wines of Tuscany

Tuscany, or Toscana in Italian, is one of the most iconic Italian regions for wine, scenery, and history. Located in central Italy along the west coast, its production of Sangiovese wines is world renowned. Some of Italy’s most famous subregions for Sangiovese such as Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano can be found here.

Tuscany makes both simple and top tier, age worthy Sangiovese wines. At entry-level you have a wine that is pizza and pasta friendly with bright and juicy red fruit. On the other hand, the highest quality representations of Sangiovese are remarkably complex with flavours ranging from sour cherry, balsamic, dried herbs and leather to fresh earth, dried flowers, anise and tobacco.

In evidence of the quality produced, Tuscany produces the third highest volume of DOC and DOCG quality wines in Italy, only trailing Piedmont, and Veneto. DOC and DOCG wines are the highest designation for Italian wines, while you will often see the IGT classification used to represent wines from Toscana that do not reach the standards for DOC/G.

There is another unofficial class of Tuscan wines called Super Tuscans which also command high prices. These wines are often made from international wine varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah, with or without Sangiovese.

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Robert Parker/Wine Advocate – This is a wine in evolution. For one, the wine’s name has changed under new management with the removal of the words “Collezione Privata,” which readers may remember. The Isole e Olena 2023 Chardonnay is softly textured and rich with cooked apricot, baked apple, breakfast pastry and light spice. It is fermented and aged in oak with fruit from a dedicated six-hectare plot with a mix of calcareous marl and galestro shale, soil types that lock in freshness and perfumes. This is always a standout Tuscan white wine thanks to its pure intensity and carefully measured mid-weight intensity. Production is 21,000 bottles.