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Ampeleia – Alicante IGT Costa Toscana
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...
Biodynamic
DB6277-19
Ampeleia – Alicante IGT Costa Toscana
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 JSBiodynamic
DB6277-18
Ampeleia – Ampeleia IGT Costa Toscana
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,...
Biodynamic
DB6280-17
Ampeleia – Bianco di Ampeleia IGT Toscana
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...
Biodynamic
DB8130-19
Fonterenza – Bianco IGT Toscano Bianco
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
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...
Organic
DB3527-18
La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino
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 VMOrganic
DB1181-14
Fonterenza – Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese Grosso. Very traditional vinification: natural-yeast fermentation with a month-long maceration in Slavonian oak casks, followed by four years of aging in botti ranging from 2000-3500 liters in size. When the Padovani sisters began in 1997, with their vineyard property fully within...
Organic
DB0265-13
La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino
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 93JSOrganic
DB1181-15
Fonterenza – Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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...
Organic
DB0265-14
La Gerla – Brunello di Montalcino Riserva gli Angeli
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
Ampeleia – Cabernet Franc IGT Costa Toscana
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...
94JSBiodynamic
DB6276-18
Ampeleia – Cabernet Franc IGT Costa Toscana
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...
94JSBiodynamic
DB6276-19
Ampeleia – Carignano IGT Costa Toscana
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...
Biodynamic
DB6282-18
Candialle – Chianti Classico
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 DE
DB0687-13
Montesecondo – Chianti Classico
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,...
Biodynamic
DB0593-18
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Chianti Classico
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
Biodynamic
DB0593-12
Candialle – Chianti Classico 'La Misse di Candialle'
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.  
17 JR
DB0686-17
Candialle – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
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 WAOrganic
DB8126-13
San Ferdinando – Ciliegiolo Rosso Toscana IGT
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
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...
Biodynamic
DB0208-17
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San Ferdinando – Gargaiolo Chianti DOCG
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy

DB0114-17
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Gargaiolo Chianti DOCG
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
Organic
DB0114-10
Candialle – IGT Toscana ‘Mimas’
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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...

DB0685-17
Amerighi, Stefano – IGT Toscana Rosato `Syrah Rosa`
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 VMBiodynamic
DB1612-19
Montesecondo – Il Rospo Cabernet Sauvignon
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...
Biodynamic
DB0656-18
Ampeleia – Kepos IGT Costa Toscana
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...
Biodynamic
DB6279-18
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La Misse de Candialle Chianti Classico
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
Organic
DB0686-10
Fonterenza – Le Ragazze IGT Toscano Bianco
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
50% Vermentino/50% Trebbiano Toscano/Grechetto/Malvasia. 2017 is the first vintage of this wine, named for proprietor Margherita Padovani's "girls"  (who also did the label art). The fruit is from old vines in the Mt. Amiata zone not far from Montalcino, where Fonterenza harvests fruit grown by an...
Organic
DB5754-18
Cerreto Libri – Liber
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...
Organic
DB5374-14
Cerreto Libri – Liber IGT Rosso Toscano
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...
Organic
DB5687-13
Morisfarms – Morellino di Scansano DOCG
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
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...
Organic
DB1036-19
La Gerla – Poggio gli Angeli Sangiovese IGT
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.  15,000 bottles produced. 
91VOrganic
DB1185-18
Sanguineto – Rosato
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....
Organic
DB8871-18
Ampeleia – Rosato di Ampeleia IGT Toscana
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...
Biodynamic
DB6284-19
La Gerla – Rosso di Montalcino
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.  
Organic
DB1180-18
Fonterenza – Rosso di Montalcino
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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...
Organic
DB0238-17
Fonterenza – Rosso di Montalcino Alberello
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...
Organic
DB3371-18
Sanguineto – Rosso di Montepulciano
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...
Organic
DB0128-18
Maestro del Pomidoro – Rosso di Toscana
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...

DB0030-16
Maestro del Pomidoro – Rosso di Toscana
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
Montesecondo – Sangiovese Anfora Tïn
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,...
Biodynamic
DB8392-17
Montesecondo – Sangiovese IGT Toscana
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...
Biodynamic
DB0592-19
Montesecondo – Silvio Messana Bianco VDT NV
Trebbiano from Tuscany, Italy
100% Trebbiano. This wine is not packaged as Montesecondo: the clear bottle, the crown cap and the white Messana label indicate a departure for Silvio Messana of Montesecondo into some new, smaller projects built around carefully sourced Tuscan fruit vinified in new styles for him (to wit: the new...
Biodynamic
DB2412-19
Montesecondo – Silvio Messana Ghazii VDT NV (Sparkling Rosé)
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
100% Sangiovese. This Sangiovese rosato pet-nat is part of Silvio Messana's new small-project négoce line (all bottled under his rather than the Montesecondo estate name and in clear glass with a crown cap). The fruit is organically farmed and harvested by hand at an early stage. Whole clusters are...
Biodynamic
DB5793-20
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Montesecondo – Silvio Messana Vino Bianco "Garnaccia" NV
Vernaccia from Tuscany, Italy
100% Vernaccia. 2019 is the first vintage for this wine, which is part of Silvio Messana’s new small-project négoce line (bottled under his rather than the Montesecondo estate name and in clear glass with a crown cap). The grapes came from an organic vineyard in San Gimignano, planted on sandy clay...
Organic
DB3188-19
Montesecondo – Trebbiano Anfora Tïn
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...
Biodynamic
DB0553-18
Ampeleia – Unlitro IGT Toscana
Red blend from Tuscany, Italy
This wine is a blend of varieties originating from the Mediterranean Basin— 40% Alicante Nero (aka Grenache), 25% Mourvedre, 15% Carignano, 15% Sangiovese, 5% Alicante Bouschet—sourced from vineyards at 180-250 meters above sea level. The fruit was harvested from the 10th to the 25th of September...
Biodynamic
DB6278-19