Every now and then a revelation comes across the table, even in an area like Chianti that is bursting with amazing wine. Susanna Grassi at I Fabbri is making wines that are at once rustic and poised, with incredible structure and balanced freshness. In short, these are the Chiantis we like to drink.

The land at I Fabbri has been in Susanna Grassi’s family since the 1600s; they were winemakers, and also blacksmiths.  They owned a workshop located in the ancient village overlooking the farm that has been used for many years for agricultural activity. This is where the name of this town and of the company originates.  In the 1920s, Susanna's great grandfather Olinto began bottling and selling the wine commercially.  In 2000 Susanna returned from a career in fashion working in Brussels and created the I Fabbri estate and revitalized the vineyards.  Gradually she converted everything to organic and the estate is now certified.

From I Fabbri, “The territory of Casole, in the Lamole – Greve in the Chianti area, is a large sunny basin that is characterized by an altitude difference that fluctuates between 450 and 650 meters above sea level. The soils are mostly sandy: they are loose soils, which derive from a millennial breakdown of sandstone rocks, which are not very compact and very permeable - poor in terms of organic substances. The strong temperature changes, the southern exposure of the vineyards and the composition of the soil give the wines of I Fabbri and in particular its Sangiovese unique and recognizable organoleptic characteristics.”