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Ampeleia – Alicante IGT Costa Toscana
Alicante from Tuscany, Italy
DB6277-18
Alicante from Tuscany, Italy
This bottling is part of the "Monovarietali" project, highlighting single varieties and single vineyards whose special characteristics precluded them from blending in other wines. The grapes are sourced from a parcel called "Vigna della Pieve," with sandy volcanic soils rich in pebbles, planted to...
92 JSBiodynamicDB6277-18
Ampeleia – Alicante IGT Costa Toscana
Alicante from Tuscany, Italy
DB6277-19
Alicante from Tuscany, Italy
This bottling is part of the "Monovarietali" project, highlighting single varieties and single vineyards whose special characteristics precluded them from blending in other wines. The grapes are sourced from a parcel called "Vigna della Pieve," with sandy volcanic soils rich in pebbles, planted to...
BiodynamicDB6277-19
Ampeleia – Ampeleia IGT Costa Toscana
Cabernet Franc from Tuscany, Italy
DB6280-17
Cabernet Franc from Tuscany, Italy
100% Cabernet Franc from the Ampeleia di Sopra parcels at 450-600 meters above sea level. Vines were planted between1995 and 2004. The grapes are fully destemmed and there is a maceration of 20 days. Fermented in cement tanks and 5000-6000L casks. Aging is 12 months in these same vessels,...
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Morisfarms – Avvoltore IGT
from Tuscany, Italy
DB6213-15
from Tuscany, Italy
Avvoltore is the company’s “flagship” wine; the name comes from a species of hawk native to Maremma that often flies over the vineyards. The fruit is sourced from vineyards planted on the “Poggio dell’Avvoltore” hill; these clay-limestone soils produce a strong and powerful red with firm tannins. ...
DB6213-15
Ampeleia – Bianco di Ampeleia IGT Toscana
White Blend from Tuscany, Italy
DB8130-19
White Blend from Tuscany, Italy
The 1st vintage of Bianco di Ampeleia was 2016. A neighbor's vineyard had old vines of a local biotype of Trebbiano Toscano; Ampeleia used its cuttings and starting planting in 2013, between Ampeleia di Mezzo and Ampeleia di Sopra (300-600m with varied soil composition). The vineyards were planted...
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Fonterenza – Bianco IGT Toscano Bianco
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
DB3527-19
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
Ansonaca/Vermentino/Trebbiano/Malvasia. 2018 was the first vintage of the straight "Bianco" and Fonterenza's first time sourcing fruit from the Tuscan coast, specifically the red sandy soils of Capalbio, where the Padovani sisters know two brothers farming local white varieties organically. The...
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La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1181-16
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
The La Gerla Brunello is a blend of both the Canalicchio and Castelnuovo vineyards; the average age of the vines is 25 years old.
The grapes are kept cool for 7-8 days before fermentation, which lasts up to 15 days. The wine is then transferred to large 50-100hl casks and is aged for three years,...
OrganicDB1181-16
La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1181-14
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
The La Gerla Brunello is a blend of both the Canalicchio and Castelnuovo vineyards; the average age of the vines is 25 years old.
The grapes are kept cool for 7-8 days before fermentation, which lasts up to 15 days. The wine is then transferred to large 50-100hl casks and is aged for three years,...
91 WA, 90 VMOrganicDB1181-14
Fonterenza – Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0265-13
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese Grosso. The Padovani sisters have around 4.2 contiguous, hilly hectares near Poggio San Polo in the SE part of the Montalcino zone. The farming is certified-biodynamic and the harvest by hand. Their Brunello comes from a mere hectare's worth of fruit from prized Vigna del Bosco...
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La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1181-15
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
The La Gerla Brunello is a blend of both the Canalicchio and Castelnuovo vineyards; the average age of the vines is 25 years old.
The grapes are kept cool for 7-8 days before fermentation, which lasts up to 15 days. The wine is then transferred to large 50-100hl casks and is aged for three years,...
94 VM, 94 WS, 91 VM 95WA 93JSOrganicDB1181-15
Fonterenza – Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0265-14
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese Grosso. The Padovani sisters have around 4.2 contiguous, hilly hectares near Poggio San Polo in the SE part of the Montalcino zone. The farming is certified-biodynamic and the harvest by hand. Their Brunello comes from a mere hectare's worth of fruit from prized Vigna del Bosco...
BiodynamicDB0265-14
La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino Riserva gli Angeli
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1182-13
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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...
WS:94 WE:93 VM:93 VM: 91+ WA:90 DB1182-13
La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino Riserva gli Angeli
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1182-15
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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...
DB1182-15
Ampeleia – Cabernet Franc IGT Costa Toscana
Cabernet Franc from Tuscany, Italy
DB6276-18
Cabernet Franc from Tuscany, Italy
100% Cabernet Franc, this is part of Ampeleia's 'Monovarietali' project, highlighting single varieties and single vineyards whose special characteristics precluded them from blending in other wines. The grapes are sourced from a single parcel called "Vigna all'Asina," This vineyard sits at 500...
94JSBiodynamicDB6276-18
Ampeleia – Cabernet Franc IGT Costa Toscana
Cabernet Franc from Tuscany, Italy
DB6276-19
Cabernet Franc from Tuscany, Italy
100% Cabernet Franc, this is part of Ampeleia's 'Monovarietali' project, highlighting single varieties and single vineyards whose special characteristics precluded them from blending in other wines. The grapes are sourced from a single parcel called "Vigna all'Asina," This vineyard sits at 500...
94JSBiodynamicDB6276-19
Ampeleia – Carignano IGT Costa Toscana
Carignan from Tuscany, Italy
DB6282-18
Carignan from Tuscany, Italy
100% Carignan, this bottling is part of the "Monovarietali" project. It comes from the 'Campo al Finocchio' vineyard, planted between 2002-2004 at 250m above sea level, with grey clays and galestro (friable clay/limestone marl). The SW-facing vineyard is isolated, surrounded by trees. Harvest was...
BiodynamicDB6282-18
Candialle – Chianti Classico
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0687-13
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese from organically farmed and manually-harvested vineyards with yields at 35 hl/ha. The wine was fermented in open-top stainless steel vats; malolactic took place in barrel. Aged 18 months in 228-350L barrels, 20% of which were new.
Medium-bodied with excellent persistence and depth....
92 DEDB0687-13
Montesecondo – Chianti Classico
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0593-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
90% Sangiovese/10% Canaiolo & Colorino (co-planted as is traditional in Chianti). Montesecondo comprises two separate properties: both are biodynamically farmed and both lie in the San Casciano zone of Chianti Classico but are quite different from each other. The original family vineyard,...
BiodynamicDB0593-18
Candialle – Chianti Classico 'La Misse di Candialle'
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0686-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
90% Sangiovese, 5% Canaiolo, 5% Malvasia Nera, from their organically tended and manually harvested vineyards. Vinified and aged in unlined concrete vats.
DB0686-18
Candialle – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB8126-13
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese from a single parcel, planted densely in bush vines with 10,000 plants per hectare. Aged in 350L Burgundy barrels, one of them new. Only 5 barrels made.
95 DE, 92 WAOrganicDB8126-13
San Ferdinando – Ciliegiolo Rosso Toscana IGT
Ciliegiolo from Tuscany, Italy
DB0115-19
Ciliegiolo from Tuscany, Italy
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...
DB0115-19
Amerighi, Stefano – Cortona DOC Syrah
Syrah from Tuscany, Italy
DB0208-18
Syrah from Tuscany, Italy
100% Syrah, a portion of which are partially de-stemmed, while some are left whole and still others are lightly foot pressed. Fermentation occurs spontaneously in small concrete vats and without the use of pumps, sulphur or temperature control. The wine is then allowed to clarify naturally in a...
BiodynamicDB0208-18
Amerighi, Stefano – Cortona DOC Syrah
Syrah from Tuscany, Italy
DB0208-17
Syrah from Tuscany, Italy
100% Syrah, a portion of which are partially de-stemmed, while some are left whole and still others are lightly foot pressed. Fermentation occurs spontaneously in small concrete vats and without the use of pumps, sulphur or temperature control. The wine is then allowed to clarify naturally in a...
BiodynamicDB0208-17
San Ferdinando – Gargaiolo Chianti DOCG
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0114-17
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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...
DB0114-17
Candialle – IGT Toscana ‘Mimas’
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0685-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese. Jarkko and Josephin were the first in Chianti Classico to use 250L ceramic orbs called Clayver for aging their wines. They are fired a very high temperatures and are 20% less porous than terracotta. The wine is called Mimas--one of the many satellites of Saturn--as the Clayver...
DB0685-18
Montesecondo – IGT Toscana Cabernet Sauvignon "Il Rospo"
Cabernet Sauvignon from Tuscany, Italy
DB0656-19
Cabernet Sauvignon from Tuscany, Italy
100% Cabernet Sauvignon. From a one-hectare parcel with 20-year-old vines on the original Montesecondo property. Destemmed with part pressed immediately and part macerated for a short 4-6 days; spontaneous fermentation and aging in concrete tank for a year; bottled without fining or flitration and...
BiodynamicDB0656-19
Amerighi, Stefano – IGT Toscana Rosato `Syrah Rosa`
Syrah from Tuscany, Italy
DB1612-19
Syrah from Tuscany, Italy
100% Syrah from the sandiest part of the Apice vineyard, harvested earlier with this rosato in mind. Direct-press; fermented in conrete. Aged in concrete.
92 VMBiodynamicDB1612-19
Montesecondo – IGT Toscana Sangiovese
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0592-19
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese. This is Montesecondo's largest production and always the first release of the vintage. Montesecondo comprises two different properties: two separate properties: both are biodynamically farmed and both lie in the San Casciano zone of Chianti Classico but are quite different from...
BiodynamicDB0592-19
Montesecondo – IGT Toscana Sangiovese "TÏN"
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB8392-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese. Montesecondo comprises two separate properties: both are biodynamically farmed and both lie in the San Casciano zone of Chianti Classico but are quite different from each other. The original family vineyard, generally referred to as "Montesecondo", is lower-altitude, warmer,...
BiodynamicDB8392-18
Montesecondo – IGT Toscana Trebbiano "TÏN"
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
DB0553-18
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
Trebbiano + small percentage of co-planted Malvasia. These biodynamically farmed, 25-45-year-old vines lie in the original Montesecondo vineyard. The fruit is hand-harvested, destemmed and put directly into unlined, above-ground, 250-to-350-liter clay amphorae from Spain. Fermentation is...
BiodynamicDB0553-18
Ampeleia – Kepos IGT Costa Toscana
Red blend from Tuscany, Italy
DB6279-19
Red blend from Tuscany, Italy
Different Mediterranean grape varieties— 50% Alicante Nero (aka Grenache), 30% Mourvedre, 20% Carignano— sourced in the vineyards closest to the sea, in Ampeleia di Sotto, where the Mediterranean scrub dominates the landscape and permeates the air with its fragrances. The parcels are at 200-350...
BiodynamicDB6279-19
Ampeleia – Kepos IGT Costa Toscana
Red blend from Tuscany, Italy
DB6279-18
Red blend from Tuscany, Italy
Different Mediterranean grape varieties— 50% Alicante Nero (aka Grenache), 30% Mourvedre, 20% Carignano— sourced in the vineyards closest to the sea, in Ampeleia di Sotto, where the Mediterranean scrub dominates the landscape and permeates the air with its fragrances. The parcels are at 200-350...
BiodynamicDB6279-18
Fonterenza – Le Ragazze IGT Toscano Bianco
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
DB5754-18
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
50% Vermentino/50% Trebbiano Toscano-Grechetto-Malvasia. 2018 is the second vintage of this wine, named for proprietor Margherita Padovani's "girls" (ragazze, one of whom did the label art). The fruit is from old vines on volcanic soils in the Mt. Amiata zone not far from Montalcino, where...
OrganicDB5754-18
Cerreto Libri – Liber
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB5374-14
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
90% Sangiovese/10% Canaiolo & Colorino. The old vines are biodynamically farmed and very low-yielding. The bunches are harvested by hand and destemmed but not crushed and put into old concrete tanks that are 3/4-filled; the spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts is thus partly carbonic...
OrganicDB5374-14
Cerreto Libri – Liber IGT Rosso Toscano
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB5687-13
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
90% Sangiovese/10% Canaiolo & Colorino. The old vines are biodynamically farmed and very low-yielding. The bunches are harvested by hand and destemmed but not crushed and put into old concrete tanks that are 3/4-filled; the spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts is thus partly carbonic...
OrganicDB5687-13
Morisfarms – Maremma Toscana Rosato 'Rosamundi'
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB7500-20
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese from the Maremma, grown in soils of calcareous clay with a rather high rock content.The grapes are direct-pressed; no malolactic . Bright cherry with lovely texture and a long savory finish. Sustainable.
DB7500-20
Morisfarms – Morellino di Scansano DOCG
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB6210-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
The first bottle of Morellino di Scansano dates back to 1981, only a few years after the DOC had been created in 1978. This wine gets its flavour from the sandy soil on which the vines grow and the final result, in the glass, is an elegant wine with soft tannins. A blend of ninety percent...
DB6210-18
Fonterenza – Pettitrosso Vino Rosso
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1036-19
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
90% Sangiovese/10% Ciliegiolo. Sourced from the same terroir as the whites: old, organically farmed vines on the volcanic soils of Mt Amiata. The varieties are hand-harvested, destemmed, gently pressed and co-fermented spontaneously with a 13-day maceration. The wine is aged in large steel tank for...
OrganicDB1036-19
La Gerla – Poggio gli Angeli Sangiovese IGT
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1185-19
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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.
OrganicDB1185-19
Fonterenza – Rosa IGT Toscana
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1035-19
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza hand- harvests fruit from its 1.7-hectare Brunello parcel (Vigna del Bosco) earlier for their rosato. The fruit is direct-pressed and the juice left overnight on the skins. Spontaneous fermentation is with indigenous yeasts in steel tank. The wine does not go through...
BiodynamicDB1035-19
Sanguineto – Rosato
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB8871-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese Piccolo. 2018 is Sanguineto's second vintage of rosato (2016 was the first and none was made in 2017). Dora rents and works these vines, not far from the home estate outside of Montepulciano, just as she does the home vines: by hand, purely organically, and with meticulous care....
OrganicDB8871-18
Ampeleia – Rosato di Ampeleia IGT Toscana
Red blend from Tuscany, Italy
DB6284-19
Red blend from Tuscany, Italy
80% Carignano, 20% Alicante Nero (aka Grenache). This is the 1st Rosato from Ampeleia! The Carignano was direct-pressed and then whole clusters of the Alicante Nero were added to the tank, macerating there for 12 days and coloring the wine. All concrete. Low alcohol, salty, with a hint of welcome...
BiodynamicDB6284-19
La Gerla – Rosso di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB1180-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese from hillside vineyards located at between 270-320 meters. The average age of the vines is 15 years old. La Gerla Rosso spends six monhts in tank, then one year in Slavonian oak (large casks of 50hl) and another six months in bottle before being released.
OrganicDB1180-18
Fonterenza – Rosso di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0238-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese Grosso. The fruit for the Rosso di Montalcino bottling comes from Fonterenza's contiguous and hilly 4.2 hectares of vines near the village of Poggio San Polo is the SE part of the Montalcino zone. The complex clay soils are various and rich in limestone, sandstone and schist. The...
BiodynamicDB0238-18
Fonterenza – Rosso di Montalcino Alberello
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB3371-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese Grosso. 2015 was the first vintage in which Fonterenza singled out this parcel from its original Rosso di Montalcino bottling. Since having grafted new Sangiovese vines in this particular plot in 2005 and trained them in an alberello style on wires, the Padovani sisters have felt...
BiodynamicDB3371-18
Sanguineto – Rosso di Montepulciano
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0128-19
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
Prugnolo Gentile/Canaiolo Nero/Mammolo. Prugnole Gentile is the variant of Sangiovese in and around Montepulciano and is the majority of the blend, as is traditional and required by law (70% minimum). All of the fruit is from organically farmed estate vines, many of them quite old, and all of them...
OrganicDB0128-19
Maestro del Pomidoro – Rosso di Toscana
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
DB0030-18
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
Mr. Tomato Man! 85% Sangiovese and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from Tuscan vineyards. Pizza wine unparalleled. Spaghetti wine sine qua non. Caprese wine capo di capi tutti. With its enticing black fruit aroma and luscious mouthfeel, this is about the most fun you can have with a bottle of wine...
DB0030-18