Tuscany

The Le Trame has been showing for a good two decades in which direction in the Chianti. To speak to Jonathan Nossiter's words, he is "Liquid Memory". But he is also a bridge into the future, a wine that brings together the history of a style (Chianti) and the handwriting of a great winemaker. Gio...

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Pacina's "Pacina" has all the attributes of a big Chianti: it consists of 95% of Sangiovese and 5% of Ciliegiolo and Canaiolo, grows on Tufo di Siena, the classic substrate of the southern part of the region and will be in wooden bottles of different sizes over 14 months (500-2500 l) and then exp...

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The Donesco was once called "Il Secondo" and was the red entry wine into the world of Pacina. The only major difference between Pacina, the estate's classic, and Il Secondo was the fact that the vines for the latter were only planted in 2005 and 2008 respectively, whereas the vines for Pacina hav...

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In addition to the Le Trame, her milestone, Giovanna Morganti also covers the "5", whose name does not owe any negative assessment by school chiefs, but simply the house number of her winery. The foundation is the same as for the Le Trame and the fabric from which the wine is made of the wine is ...

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With the location of La Querciola (small oak), everything started on Massa Vecchia, everything from Francesca Sfondrini, who has long since rose to cult status. Located in the Colline Metallifere striking shadow in the Alta Maremma, her parents, Fabrizio Niccolaini and Patrizia Bartolini, there i...

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A Chianti Classico with character. This is due without exception to the Sangiovese. Riccardo and Massimiliano Lanza have given the Merlot, which once accompanied it, its own bottling, so that the great red grape variety of Tuscany has its own special place.  Grown on a limestone-rich south-easte...

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Francesca Sfondrini has in her vineyard Malvasia Bianca di Candia (which should not be confused with Malvasia di Candia aromatica Dinavolo the protagonist). Candia is the Latin name for Crete, which suggests that the Malvasia Bianca di Candia is old and may actually be a connection to the Greek p...

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Silvio Messana once said that his Chianti Classico 2011 represented a personal reference point for his involvement with the great wine style of the region. He recognised in it what he had always associated with a Chianti Classico - elegance, balance, slenderness, length, verticality and delicate ...

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Data sheet Grape variety: Vernaccia Plant protection: only sulphur, copper and plant or animal-based preparations Vineyard: Sand, clay, gravel - in San Gimignano Harvest: by hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, 10-day maceration, whole bunch pressing Ageing: 8 months in concrete cisterns...

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Data sheet Grape variety: 100% Sangiovese Cultivation method: organic Vineyard: Limestone & clay soils, old vines Harvest: by hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts in cement Ageing: 24 months in large wooden barrels  Filtration: no SO₂: < 50 mg/l Alcohol content: 13.5% vol. Closure...

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Cement has always been used in Italy as a material for ageing wines. In Tuscany in particular, there are still dozens of wineries that ferment their wines in it - which is probably due to the fact that Sangiovese in particular seems to feel quite at home in it.  Which is why Giovanna Tiezzi and S...

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Silvio Messana planted the variety in his vineyards at the beginning of his winemaking career and at the height of the Cabernet boom (in addition to an existing variety that his father had planted). He wanted to use it to spice up his Chianti, but quickly realised that it would undermine his own ...

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The démodé is- unlike the name suggests- an experiment that Massimiliano Lanza von Pruneto believes that it is currently even closer to the beginning than at the end point. This may be so and lets a lot expect for the future, but you can already state that the start has been successful.  The exp...

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data sheet Grape variety: Sangiovese, Malvasia Nera, Alicante Vineyard: reading: by hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeast expansion: in the large wooden barrel Filtration: no SO₂:  Alcohol content: 13,5% Closure: Natural corks Drinking temperature: 16 ° Perfect drinking maturi...

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Data sheet Grape varieties: Trebbiano Toscano (50%), Malvasia di Toscana (50%) Subsoil: Tufo di Siena, 0.7 ha - planted in 1970 & 2008  Harvest: by hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, drying of the grapes on racks for 3 months  Ageing: 5 years in chestnut wood barrels Filtration: n...

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