90% Sangiovese/10% Colorino/Canaiolo . The true one-off "Loupé" 2020 bottling is the result of an administrative error at the winery: it comes from a single tank destined to be Chianti Classico but overlooked during the DOCG certification process, hence "loupé" or "missed/skipped" in French. As for...

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,...

   

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. Prugnole Gentile is the "noble" 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 vines organically forever, many of...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza's classic Rosso di Montalcino comes from five parcels across their hilly, contiguous 4.2 hectares of Montalcino vineyard. The vines are biodynamically farmed and average about 20 years old, planted on a diverse range of galestro-based soils; all are technically Brunello-...

90% Sangiovese/10% Ciliegiolo. The fruit is from 25-to-50-year-old, organically farmed vines on sandy volcanic soils in the hilly Monte Amiata zone about an hour south of Montalcino; the vineyard is the same from which Fonterenza sources its Le Ragazze white varieties. The bunches are harvested by...