the wines presented as a Vocation for the White Wines
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- Wines produced:
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG, Cuvée Vernaccia di San Gimignano sparkling, Vinsanto, Chianti Colli Senesi
- Vines:
Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Glera, Sangiovese, Merlot
- Bottles produced:
100.000
- Cultivation / production:
Organically and traditional
- Vini Azienda:
Vernaccia di San Gimignano RISERVA DOCGProduction area: San Gimignano
Vineyard extension: 30 Hectares
Bottles per year: 3.000
Grape variety: Vernaccia di San GimignanoCertified/: DOCG
Altitude: 180 m above sea level.
Vinification: Manual harvest, soft pressing, fermentation in steel at a controlled temperature below 20°C, 90% rests on the fine lees, 10% ages 6 months in small wood, short period in steel, clarification, filtration.
Aging / Refinement: minimum aging in bottle for 2 years
Colour: straw yellow to golden yellow
Perfume: bouquet is broad and persistent with balsamic and citrus tones.
Slight hint of saffron.Taste: The mouth is energetic in progression. Excellent drink. Excellent acidity and flavor.
- Sparkling White Vernaccia Cuvée Extra Dry
Production area: San Gimignano
Vineyard extension:
Grape variety: Vernaccia di San Gimignano - GleraCertified/denomination: Toscana IGT
Altitude: 200 m above sea level.
Vinification: In white by soft pressing. Second fermentation 30 days.
Sparkling method: Martinotti - Charmat
Colour: straw yellow
Perfume: Fine and persistent perlage. Fruity bouquet of Golden apple, pear, with hints of citrus and grapefruit.
Taste: fresh, slightly sweet, elegant flavour
It is a wine that goes well with appetizers and fish dishes. It is recommended to serve it at a temperature of 4° - 6 ° C.
- Rosé Toscana IGT
Production area: San Gimignano
Vineyard extension:
Yearly production in bottles: 2.400
Grape variety: 70% Sangiovese and 30% Merlot.Certified/denomination: Toscana IGT
Altitude: 100 to 300 m above sea level
Vinification: Soft pressing, fermentation in steel at a controlled temperature of 14°C.
Aging / Refinement:Colour: light pink
Perfume: on the nose fresh aromas, flowers and red fruits, soft scent.
Taste: On the palate high acidity, taste of flowers and fresh red fruits
- Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
Production area: San Gimignano
Vineyard extension:
Grape variety: Vernaccia di San GimignanoCertified/denomination: DOCG
Bottles per year: 60.000
Vinification: Manual harvest, soft pressing, fermentation in steel at a controlled temperature below 20°C, clarification, filtration
Aging / Refinement: 3 months bottle aging.Colour: Straw yellow
Perfume: The nose has floral hints of broom and fruity hints of green apple.
Taste: Freshness and sapidity on the palate.
1959 gives birth to a typical wine farm in the San Gimignano area. In fact, it was precisely in that year that Giovanni, attracted by the wonders of Tuscany, left behind his past as a sharecropper in the Adriatic fields, to buy a small family wine farm and its lands devoted to the vine cultivation near the medieval village.
The motionless rhythms of the following years saw a slow transformation of this wine company. From agricultural and vines breeding activities linked exclusively to subsistence, not without difficulty, the family approaches the first artisan wine production of Vernaccia di san Gimignano and Sangiovese, enhancing the vocation for the white wines of the territory.
Having acknowledged the potential of the area and the quality of the product, this company, now a family winery thanks to the passion poured by Franco, Giovanni's son, decided to put the first supply of Chianti wines up for sale. By now over half of the farm is dedicated to the vineyard activity. It's the early 80s and the international market is still evolving and full of excellent chances in the wine business.
Except for a piece of land under the walls of San Gimignano, the rows of vines parade northwards away from the village, towards the adjacent hills. The vineyards’ exposure to the east guarantees light and warmth.
The medium density substrate varies continuously and guarantees different aromas to the grapes crops.
The area is in fact a precious mixture of marine and volcanic residues with alternating tuff, limestone, sand and clay and with different temperatures and humidity even a few hundred meters away from each other.
Beside the white, rosé and sparkling vernaccia di San Gimignano a unique tasting of "grappa" (the Italian typical brandy distilled from marc after wine making), a will be offered