Montes Toscanini Gran Tannat Premium 2020

A powerful, full-bodied Tannat from Canelones, Uruguay—featuring deep black fruit, espresso, spice and firm but refined tannins. Elegant craftsmanship with aging potential.

Product Details

• 🍇 Grape Variety: 100% Tannat — Uruguay’s signature varietal extracted with precision from selected vineyards

• 📍 Region/Appellation: Canelones, Uruguay — vineyard parcels selected to limit yields (<6,000 kg/ha) for concentration 

• 🏷 Winery: Montes Toscanini — fourth-generation Uruguayan family estate producing iconic Gran Tannat as flagship bottling 

• 🍷 Type: Full-bodied red – Tannat Premium

• 🌡 Alcohol Content: ~14% ABV

• 📦 Bottle Size: 750 ml

• ⏳ Aging & Vinification:

  • 22+ days maceration with remontage and délestage

  • Malolactic fermentation followed by concrete vat clarification

  • 18 months in oak barrels (French &/or American), then bottle aging 

Tasting Notes
Inky purple color. Aromas of blackberry, black cherry, plum, coffee, chocolate, vanilla and tobacco. On the palate — firm, round tannins, well-balanced acidity, and a long, layered finish with spice and minerality 

Critic Score
93 pts from IntoWine's Loren Sonkin: “Delicious… should continue for another 10–15 years…” 

Food Pairing
Pairs exceptionally with grilled steak, slow-roasted lamb, wild game, barbecue ribs, and rich cheeses like aged cheddar or blue-veined varieties 

Aging & Cellaring
Drink now with decanting to soften tannins, or cellar through 2030+ for tertiary flavors to emerge and tannins to integrate fully 

Winery Story
Montes Toscanini, established by Italian immigrants, remains a top-tier Uruguayan producer. Their Gran Tannat is crafted from high-altitude vineyards with meticulous yield control, long skin maceration, oak aging and traditional techniques—yielding structure, depth and longevity

Winemaking:  The harvest is 100% by hand and it is transported to the cellar in crates, where it will receive the greatest oenological care. Once it is in the tank, the maceration will begin to extract all the compounds that were sought with the work in the vineyard. The maceration lasts more than 22 days, at controlled temperatures and undergoing intense pumping over and delestage. The Gran Tannat undergoes malolactic fermentation and is then left to rest in concrete vats to undergo a natural clarification and stabilization process. This process is long-lasting and very delicate. Then it will be aged in the best oaks barrels in the winery, where it will remain for 18 months. Finally, it goes through a period of aging in the bottle.

Tasting notes: Dark purple, deep and bright. On the nose it presents complex aromas, giving us ripe red and black fruits, chocolate, coffee, a wine with many layers in its aroma. On the palate, great concentration of ripe and round tannins, with a very good structure and well balanced. An elegant, expressive, and long-lasting wine.