96 pts Vinous (Galloni)

The 2020 Haiku, the estates Sangiovese/Merlot/Cabernet Franc blend, is once again impressive. Dark, explosive and layered, the 2020 delivers the goods. Its a wine that offers a mix of regional character with an international flair. One of the more expressive wines in the range, Haiku shows the more exuberant side of the year off in spades. Time in the glass releases the Franc aromatics very nicely.

94 pts Wine Advocate
A blend of Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the 2020 Haiku shows an inky dark appearance with black fruit aromas, dark granite, spice and iron ore. The 2020 vintage reveals an especially dark core of ripe fruit. The primary aromas are surrounded by spice, tarry smoke and leather. This edition is full-bodied and generous in only a manner 2020 can manage. This wine probably doesnt get the attention it deserves, but I suppose thats the downside of having a portfolio of so many other excellent wines.

• 50% Sangiovese, 25% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc
• Alcohol: 13.5%
• Altitude: 1375 1640 feet
• Exposure: North-West/South-East
• Soil: Clay and limestone
• Clonal selections: Cabernet Franc 214, Merlot 181 & 343
• Fermented using only indigenous yeasts at in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks from 8691F, each variety separately, manual pumpovers.
• Fermentation for 22 days using only indigenous yeasts for Sangiovese, 26 days for Merlot, 23 for Cabernet Franc
• Wines racked, back to stainless tanks for malolactic fermentation
• Wine blended and aged 12 months in 24% new, fine grained barriques, the balance in 2 year old barriques

During the planting of the second section of Montebuoni vineyard, completed in 2001, we decided to experiment with the renowned international variety, Cabernet Franc, which has never been used in Ama before. We carried out a careful analysis of the soil and the climate and realized that Cabernet Franc really would give good results. In 2001 we planted on two small plots, identified by the estates land register numbers 84 and 85, respectively of 1,47 ha and 0,47 ha, for a total surface of 2 hectares with the clone 214, a popular variety in Bordeaux for its production of cellar able wines (vins-de-garde) grafted onto rootstock 110R.