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Toscana rosso "Le Cupole",
Tenuta di Trinoro
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Grape
Cabernet Franc, Merlot , Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot
Region
Sarteano, Tuscany
Drinking Window
Ready or drink by 2035
Pairings
Homemade lasagna with beef and pork ragù, tuscan crostini, grilled quails, aged pecorino cheese
Winemaker Notes
Le Cupole comes from a skilful blend of those international vines that have adapted with great results in Tuscany, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with a clear predominance of the former in the final cut. These grapes grow in vineyards owned by the Trinoro Estate that are more than twenty years old, located at an altitude of about 400-600 meters above sea level.
The must ferments in steel tanks, macerating for about 15 days in contact with the skins. Refinement follows, which first takes place for 8 months in second, third and fourth passage barriques, and then continues for another 10 months in concrete. At the end of this period the wine is ready to be bottled.
In the heart of the Val d'Orcia Trinoro vineyards extend for almost 25 hectares, managed with care and rare concern by Andrea Franchetti, an eclectic and "anarchic" producer in search of perfect harmony between vineyard, soil and climate and, for this reason reason, prone to experimentation.
The vineyards are dense and low, planted on clayey soil and raised with non-invasive techniques; the management criterion points to the maximum concentration of the grapes and the harvests are carried out as late as possible. The result is therefore intense and luxuriant wines.
The Story
Le Cupole is the second wine of Tenuta di Trinoro, created by the late Andrea Franchetti in the wild, remote Val d’Orcia in southern Tuscany. Franchetti was not interested in following Tuscan tradition. In the early 1990s he planted Bordeaux varieties at high density on poor, rocky soils in a place that wasn’t yet fashionable. He was obsessed with concentration, ripeness, and structure — but also with precision. Trinoro became cult-level.
Le Cupole was born as a way to express that same vineyard world with a slightly more open, earlier-drinking profile. The blend changes by vintage, but it typically includes Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot.
The wine is fermented in stainless steel and aged in French barrique (a portion new), though usually with less new oak and shorter aging than the flagship Trinoro. Stylistically, Le Cupole is structured, dark-fruited, and serious. It isn’t a soft “baby” wine. It carries real tannic presence, firm acidity, and a distinctly polished, architectural feel. You’ll often find blackcurrant, plum, graphite, tobacco, and Mediterranean herbs, with a long, composed finish. What makes it interesting is that it still reflects Franchetti’s mindset - intellectual, intentional, slightly austere. It’s built to age, not to charm immediately, so hang onto it for a little time if you can.
