Podere Còncori Melograno Syrah 2013
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| Management number | 253563749 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$7.60 | Model Number | 253563749 | ||
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Melograno is a Toscana Rosso IGT from Podere Còncori in Gallicano, in the Garfagnana subregion of northern Tuscany, about 40 km north of Lucca. The wine draws from four named vineyard parcels — Concori, Collaccio, Giorgio, and Campo — planted on south-facing slopes with a 70% gradient above the Serchio river at roughly 400 meters elevation. Soils are Miocene sandstone over schist, stony and pebbly, with a high proportion of silica. The vines are trained to single Guyot at a density of 4,000 to 7,000 plants per hectare.
Grapes are Syrah, with a small percentage of old field varieties from the historic vineyard plots. Fermentation is spontaneous in open-top vats using only punch-downs, with no pump-overs. The wine then ages for 12 months in used 225-liter oak barrels, followed by a finishing period in cement before bottling. It is unfined and unfiltered, with total SO2 at 30 mg/L. Certified by ICEA under biodynamic and organic protocols.
The name Melograno — Italian for pomegranate — was coined during a walk through the old Syrah vines with wine critic Gino Veronelli, who noted that the thick, gnarled trunks of the old plants resembled pomegranate trees. The profile is ruby red with high luminosity, aromas of black cherry, wild red berries, black pepper, and aromatic herbs grown alongside the vines. The palate is bright and mineral with firm but crunchy tannins and a long finish.
Syrah has a documented presence in this part of northern Tuscany since the early 19th century, when Elisa Bonaparte governed the area and introduced French grape varieties. Gabriele Da Prato began converting the estate to biodynamic farming in the early 2000s, working with agronomist Saverio Petrilli.
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