La Gerla rents and fully farms this vineyard in Castelnuovo dell'Abate in the southern part of the appellation. The vines are 15 years old, so they prefer to make a younger, fresher wine from it. Fermented in stainless steel, aged in used Slavonian oak botti for 4 months.

This single-vineyard cru is La Gerla's flagship wine. Made in select years, this comes entirely from a one-hectare parcel of old vines (25-30 years old) from the original Biondi-Santi site, located between 270 and 320 meters above sea level. This hillside vineyard occupies a privileged position at...

San Ferdinando’s Vermentino comes from vines planted in 2010 at 300m above sea level.  This north-facing vineyard has sand in the first 20cm of soil, with compact grey clay below.  Freshness and drinkability, rather than concentration, are the objectives in the wine, so the number of bunches per...

Ciliegiolo, meaning “cherry-like”, is usually reserved as a blending grape. Bottled on its own, it shows remarkably bright red fruits and fresh acidity.  There have been conflicting studies, but Ciliegiolo is either a parent or offspring of Sangiovese.  San Ferdinando’s version comes from 1.7...

San Ferdinando’s Chianti ‘Il Gargaiolo’ takes its name from the eponymous stream that runs along the Sangiovese vineyard.  This vintage, the blend is 85% Sangiovese, 10% Ciliegiolo, and 5% ancient co-planted varietals; the grapes come from vineyards at 350m, facing south-southeast on light sandy...

94% Sangiovese, 3% Malvasia Nera, 3% Canaiolo. Co-harvested/co-fermented in unlined concrete with macerations lasting a month.  Aged in unlined concrete vats.  This is Candialle's Chianti Classico 'annata,'  though its release date could easily classify it as a Riserva.  

75% Merlot, 20% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 18 months in French Oak barrels. 4000 bottles produced.  

100% Sangiovese, with yields at 35 hl/ha. The wine was fermented in open-top stainless steel vats with macerations lasting over a month; malolactic took place in barrel. Aged 18 months in 228-350L barrels, 20% of which were new.  This wine is a clear indication that Candialle is in no rush to...

80% Prugnolo Gentile/20% Canaiolo Nero & Mammolo. Prugnolo Gentile is the variant of Sangiovese found in Montepulciano and historically co-planted with supporting varieties like Canaiolo and Mammolo. Proprietor Dora Forsoni has been farmiing her family's vines organically forever, many of them...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza's Sangiovese vines occupy 4.2 hilly, contiguous hectares in San Polo, just southeast of Montalcino. All of it qualifies as Brunello turf technically, but the legal constraints on Brunello production were very tight when the Padovani sisters started Fonterenza in the late...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza's classic Rosso di Montalcino comes from their hilly, contiguous 4.2 hectares of vines in Poggio San Polo, just southeast of Montalcino. All of it qualifies as Brunello turf technically, but the legal constraints on Brunello production were very tight when the Padovani...

90% Vermentino/10% Malvasia & Trebbiano. The fruit is from 25-to-50-year-old, organically farmed vines on sandy volcanic soils in the hilly Monte Amiata zone south of Montalcino. The bunches are harvested by hand, destemmed, gently presssed and fermented spontaneously without sulfur in open...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza's classic Rosso di Montalcino comes from their hilly, contiguous 4.2 hectares of vines in Poggio San Polo, just southeast of Montalcino. All of it qualifies as Brunello turf technically, but the legal constraints on Brunello production were very tight when the Padovani...

50% Montepulciano, 50% Sangiovese from DeAngelis’ vineyards in the province of Ascoli Piceno. The juice is immediately drained after crushing and malolactic is avoided, allowing for a light-colored and zippy rosato with lots of citrus notes.  Certified organic.

100% Pecorino from De Angelis’ vineyards in Offida. Made in stainless steel.

100% Blatterle. This indigenous variety goes back centuries in the Alto Adige but has shrunk down to a mere 1.5 hectares in production today. Nusserhof is one of only three growers of this thin-skinned, golden-yellow rarity and is the largest of them with their half hectare in Bolzano. The farming...

100% Lagrein. From the Mayrs' 40-to-90-year-old Lagrein vines around the winery. The grapes are farmed organically and harvested by hand. The rosato is a 50/50 combination of direct-press and saignée juice, fermented in tank with a pied de cuve made with native yeasts. The wine is aged in 20-...

100% Lagrein. Lagrein is the mainstay for the Mayr family, it being the majority of their 2.5 hectares just outside the winery in Bolzano. The vines range from 40 to 90 years old and are planted on deep, sandy, alluvial soils. The farming is certified organic and harvest is by hand. The grapes are...