Le Boncie ‘Cinque’ Toscana Rosso (2022) – Giovanna’s “second wine” is produced from younger vines around the property and supplemented by a parcel of Sangiovese she rents in the nearby commune of Villa a Sesta, just six kilometers from Castelnuovo Berardenga. Aged for one year in Slavonian oak casks varying in capacity from 500 liters to 30 hectoliters, “Cinque” is slightly simpler and more fruit-driven than its longer-aged sisters below, but it nonetheless bears a profound soil imprint and will age effortlessly for many years. The 2022, from a vintage in which Giovanna suffered 60% yield reductions due to hail and drought, bristles with tension, offering taut, snappy black and red fruits, cleansing and unabashed acidity, and the underlying sense of energy and harmony which characterizes all of Giovanna’s wines. The wine’s name references several numerological coincidences: the five grape varieties of the estate (Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Colorino, Mammolo, Fogliotonda), the five leaves and flowers a grapevine has per bunch, and the winery’s home address.
