2024 Poggio Badiola, Mazzei - Tuscany IGT - 12 Bottle (0.75L)

12x Mazzei - Poggio Badiola Toscana IGT 2024 (0.75 l)
Label Information
Wine Name: Poggio Badiola
Denomination: Tuscany IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
Grapes: Sangiovese and Merlot
Vintage: 2024
Producer: Marchesi Mazzei 1435
Producer Address: Castellina in Chianti (Siena), Tuscany, Italy
Format: 750 ml (0.75 l)
Additional Indications: Contains sulfites
Label Text: "Since Etruscan times, Tuscan viticulture has been intertwined with the history of this land: each grape variety expresses an ancient know-how, and each sip preserves its soul and tradition."
Service and Tasting
Recommended Glass: Red wine glass of medium width (a wide tulip or Bordeaux-type), perfect to enhance both the fruity component and the wine’s freshness.
Serving Temperature: 16 - 18 °C.
Sensory Sheet
Visual Assessment: Bright, lively ruby red with faint bluish reflections when young.
Olfactory Assessment: Fresh, inviting, and aromatic bouquet. Notes of sour cherry, blueberry, blackberry, and violet stand out, accompanied by delicate spicy nuances and a slight vanilla touch tied to aging in wood.
Palate Assessment: On the palate it is soft, harmonious, and pleasantly balanced. The structure of Sangiovese provides freshness and velvety tannins, while Merlot adds roundness and fullness to the sip, guiding it toward a clean finish with excellent persistence.
Food Pairing
Extremely versatile red wine, elegant and highly drinkable, ideal paired with:
First courses of Tuscan cuisine (pappardelle with meat ragù, lasagna, legume soups).
Cold cuts and mixed salumi, Tuscan crostini.
Red grilled meats, pork roasts, or noble poultry.
Medium-aged cheeses (young Pecorino Toscano DOP).
Winery and Producer History
The Mazzei family has been making wine in the heart of Chianti Classico, at the historic Castello di Fonterutoli estate in Castellina in Chianti, since 1435. With almost six centuries of devotion to the land and to viticulture, Mazzei is one of the oldest and most prestigious families in Italian winemaking.
Poggio Badiola is named after the hill of the same name near the estate. This wine represents the perfect union between the native Tuscan identity (Sangiovese) and the softness of an internationally rooted grape variety (Merlot). The production philosophy aims to create a contemporary red, fresh and elegant, capable of telling the millennial Tuscan viticultural tradition proudly mentioned on the bottle’s label.