LA FURBA Toscana Sangiovese IGT 2023

Husets ”nye” vin er limiteret til ca. 1.000 flasker. Som winemaker Alberto kommunikerede til os: ”It’s all about a pure expression of Sangiovese! The juiciness! This is my Burgundy.” 6 måneder på Amfora-krukker og maceration carbonic giver et udtryk af Sangiovese i sin reneste form.

"Furba was the clever fox that stole our dinner during our fist stay at the winery. She is one of many creatures who live and thrive on this beautiful piece of land. “La Furba” is born from the idea of creating a wine capable of transmitting territoriality and pure fruit. The must is fermented with indigenous yeast and macerated for 6 months inside a coccio-pesto amphora. The combination of whole bunches, inert and porous material makes this wine a extraordinarily and pure expression of Sangiovese from Montalcino." Tenuta Buon Tempo

2024 får 92 point af Robert Parker:
"The Tenuta Buon Tempo 2024 La Furba, a Sangiovese fermented with 10% whole-cluster fruit, delivers the bright cherry and redcurrant flavors one might expect, while revealing a striking metallic mineral note reminiscent of rusty nail or pencil shaving that lends added tension and food appeal. Produced in a limited run of just 1,700 bottles, La Furba is a contemporary wine with a bold personality. The label features an image that deliberately evokes folk tales of a fox stealing a hen, a playful nod to the wine’s name and character.

One of the most exhilarating visits on my recent trip to Montalcino was to Tenuta Buon Tempo, an estate I once reviewed regularly but that had since fallen off my radar. It has returned in spectacular fashion thanks to Filippo Bellini, the dual American–Italian national who arrived in 2019 and who has become a clear symbol of the estate’s rebirth. Tenuta Buon Tempo sits near Stella di Campalto and Poggio di Sotto on the Castelnuovo dell’Abate side of the appellation, a hot growing area marked by steep slopes prone to erosion yet prized for some of Montalcino’s most compelling soils, including beautifully fractured galestro with reddish traces of iron, pietraforte, quartz and alberese.

Filippo Bellini grew up immersed in wine, drinking great Bordeaux and Burgundy, but he initially intended to pursue a career in the arts before becoming sidetracked by enology, a profession he now embraces for the focus and sense of direction it provides. His philosophy centers on spontaneous fermentations, the elimination of stainless steel in favor of cement and amphorae and an upcoming soil-mapping project with Pedro Parra. The estate’s barrel inventory includes Klaus Pauscha and Mittelberger. From amphorae, we tasted the 2025 La Furba (an IGT Toscana). It is Sangiovese fermented with 20% whole-cluster fruit sourced from a two-hectare parcel on the northern side of the appellation.

The most significant development, however, is that Tenuta Buon Tempo is midway through the construction of an ambitious new winery carved deep underground into the rocky subsoil. With the energy and vision of a new team, paired with a forthcoming state-of-the-art cellar, I would firmly place Tenuta Buon Tempo among the most exciting estates in Montalcino today—new in spirit if not in name. I look forward to returning in a few years to see how this evolution continues to unfold."

Om producenten
”Castelnuovo dell’Abate is Montalcino’s hottest sub-zone” skriver Decanter Magazine. Netop her ligger Tenuta Buon Tempo og ligesom områdets andre store navne, som f.eks. Poggio di Sotto, Mastrojanni og Uccelliera, producerer de kraftfulde og elegante Brunello-vine med stort gemmepotentiale.

Tenuta Buon Tempo producerer ca. 70.000 flasker årligt fra 14 hektar, hvoraf halvdelen er Brunello. Vinene er terroirdrevne og fremstillingsprocessen håndholdt med stort fokus på sortering af de bedste druer. Markerne har en gennemsnitshøjde på 300-350 meter og vinene er økologiske (certificerede fra årgang 2018). Om nogle år introducerer huset en ny enkeltmarks-Brunello fra legendariske Montosoli, hvor de i 2019 købte 2 hektar.


Land: Italien
Region: Toscana
Appellation: Montalcino
Druesort: 100% Sangiovese
Alkohol: 14%
Vintype: Rødvin
Indhold: 75 cl.