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...

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,...

Ansonaca/Vermentino/Trebbiano/Malvasia. 2018 is the first vintage of the straight "Bianco" and is another first for Fonterenza: 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...

100% Sangiovese Grosso. The first plot planted by the Padovanis was this 1.6-hectare hillside plot which they named Bosco for the woodlands or "bosco" completely surrounding  this spectacular south-facing site. Because the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG had been closed to any further additions of...

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...

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...

90% Sangiovese, 5% Canaiolo, 5% Malvasia Nera, from their organically tended and manually harvested vineyards. Vinified and aged in unlined concrete vats.  

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...

100% Sangiovese. Jarkko and Josephin were the first in Chianti Classico to use 450L 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...

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...

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...

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...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza selects vines from its estate Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino vineyard for earlier harvest for their rosato (before the 2018 vintage, it was made from purchased fruit). The fruit is direct-pressed and the juice macerated overnight with the skins; fermentation is with...

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...

100% Sangiovese Grosso. The fruit for the Rosso di Montalcino bottling comes from 3 contiguous, north-facing estate plots--Vigna della Strada, Alberello and Bosco--on complex clay soils variously rich in limestone, sandstone and schist, harvested and vinified separately. The vines are farmend...

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...

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,...

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...

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...