Wineries

La Poderina

La Poderina is located in Montalcino in the area of Castelnuovo dell’Abate, an area known for its elegance and the balance of its grapes. With a corporate philosophy that believes in innovation in the service of tradition, the wines of La Poderina undergo maturation in French oak barrels as well as in large barrels. In the vineyard, highly qualitative farming systems are employed, with yields of 60 quintals per hectare are adopted, well below the 80 tons allowed by the specification. Brunello is produced in two versions: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG and the election Brunello di Montalcino Poggio Banale DOCG. La Poderina also produces: Rosso di Montalcino DOC, Virgùlto Rosso di Toscana IGT, Grappa di Brunello, Moscadello di Montalcino DOC.

Melini

Casa Vinicola Melini is located in Gaggiano, 300 km above sea level in the Hills of Chianti Classico along the road that from Poggibonsi leads to Castellina. Melini has a long tradition that goes back to the year of the foundation, 1705, based on the enhancement and characterization of Chianti Classico.


Its story is the story of Chianti and the first efforts to establish it on the international market. Today the Melini company has 524 hectares in the classic area of Chianti, between Siena and Florence, including farms of famous names such as Selvanella, Terrarossa, Granaio. The main winery, for vinification and maturation of Chianti and other great Tuscan wines, is located in Gaggiano. Moreover, there is a winery in San Gimignano, for vinification and fining of Vernaccia.

Conti Serristori

Conti Serristori is a noteworthy company with the specific vocation for the wines of Tuscany.

All of high quality, produced respecting the tradition starting from a harmonious care of the vineyards and a skilful winemaking.

The Conti Serristori brand owes its name to a well–renowed and ancient noble family of Florence.

Its connection to the world of wine dates back to the fifteenth century when Antonio Serristori, Senator of the Republic of Florence, received as dowry with the marriage with the last heir of Niccolò Machiavelli the farm, together with the vineyards and the olive groves, of St. Andrea in Percussina.

Today Conti Serristori owns 145 hectares of vineyards that stretch between the heart of the Chianti Classico and the historic town of San Gimignano.



Next to the main wine cellar for vinification and maturation of Chianti and other Tuscan wines, the cellar of San Gimignano fo vinification and fining of Vernaccia is located, too.

Conti Serristori is a brand with the specific vocation for wines from Tuscany: it represents the traditional winemaking Tuscany, rustic and of ancient nobility.

It aims to offer a range of wines of good quality, produced with respect for tradition, at an affordable price that will satisfy the consumer traditionally linked to the territory and price sensitive.

Azienda Agraria Il Greppo

The vocation of Azienda Agricola IL GREPPO is not limited to an attentive selection in the vineyard but pursuits a production that, in the absolute respect of the quality of the product, make the product uniwue for its elegance and charm.

The proper use of technology, in the service of tradition, is evident in the aging cellars where large barrels (from 25 to 100 hl) and oak barrels masterfully contribute to the aging of the best selections of Sangiovese grapes used for the production of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Rosso di Montepulciano and Chianti.

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Tolaini

Pierluigi Tolaini, after a career as an entrepreneur in Canada, went back to Italy in 1998, to buy lands suitable for viticulture on a large scale. He chose the properties of Montebello and San Giovanni near Castelnuovo Berardenga, for an extension of 108 hectares of land among vineyards, olive groves and woods.



The intention was that to reorganize completely the state of the existing vineyards, farming systems and related structures. In 1999, the renovation of the estates of Montebello and San Giovanni began, also realizing offices, wine cellars and housing for workers. In 2000, the most important work of this project started: the construction from scratch of the barrel cellar.

Castello di Fonterutoli

Fonterutoli is located 5 km south of Castellina in Chianti (Siena), on the hills that face Val d’Elsa, in the heart of Chianti Classico. Owned by the Mazzei family since 1435, it still retains its original appearance of a quiet country village: a few houses, the church of San Miniato and the villa, built at the end of the sixteenth century replacing the fortified castle.

The company now covers a total area of ​​650 hectares, of which 117 are specialized vineyards, divided into five zones: Fonterutoli, Siepi, Badiola, Belvedere, Caggio, located between 230 and 500 meters above sea level with exposures to the south and south–west.

The structure of the soil results from the disintegration of alberese and sandstone rocks, and is very rich in stones, so that the wine of Fonterutoli is often called “the wine of the stones”. Hence, the choice of an environmentally friendly cultivation and of a production of less than 40 hectoliters per hectare, ensuring a very high quality and a personality that is always very strong and recognizable. The excellent exposure of the vineyards, the exceptional soils and microclimate conditions and the density of vines, brought progressively to over 7,000 plants per hectare, allow to convey to the wines complexity, elegance and power.

Fattoria San Giusto

The Farm develops over an area of ​​160 hectares, of which: 31 of vineyards, 11 of olive groves, 40 of woodland, 78 as arable land, meadow and pasture. The soils are highly variable, tuffaceous with more than 70% sand, sandy silt, sandy clay, alkaline, calcareous soils.

The average altitude is of about 270 m above sea level, the microclimate characterized by extreme temperature changes between day and night, often by medium to high temperatures even during the harvest. The vineyards are all in a privileged position and exposure.

The processings are still mainly manual, performed with assiduous care.

In San Giusto a Rentennano only grapes from owned vineyards are vinified. The grape production/plant rate is reduced by thinning the clusters in July/August, to the extent of 30–50% of the spontaneous load, according to the need of the vintage.

The company practices organic farming.

Salcheto

There should be a synergy among the earth and all living beings, including humans. In Salcheto we try to respect this relationship on a daily basis, while maintaining a balance with nature, through agricultural practices and processes of sustainable transformation in the wine cellar. This approach includes non–invasive methods of cultivation of biodynamic and organic types, as well as the continued protection of water and energy resources.



In substance, our goal is to work in respect of the environment to create the ultimate expression of quality and authenticity in our wines. In this spirit, we hope to bring romance and passion to the science of producing good wine, weaving deep–rooted traditions with modern technologies. This is the challenge of a lifetime, like ours, that we want to take very seriously, or at least as serious as passionate young winemakers could do.



And putting the wine aside just for a moment, we would like to shed light on the history of Salco, our most important vineyard that has become a label. The term, in the ancient Tuscan language, means “willow”, while Salcheto is the name of the creek that runs through our land. Along its course, once a large number of willow trees grew, whose branches were used to tie the vines. We have started to replant willows in areas of the estate are not suitable for viticulture and we will use their wood to warm up, with the intent to create an eco–friendly system within the company that is 100% energy independent.

Poderi Boscarelli

Boscarelli Estates are located in a historical zone of the DOCG Vino Nobile: Cervognano.

300 m above sea level, on the south–eastern side of Montepulciano, looking at Valdichiana, it enjoys an excellent ventilation heat, which favours a microclimate highly suited to quality viticulture.

The soils have alluvial origins, are stony and sandy, allow good drainage and provide high elegance to grapes.

This has always motivated the family in engaging with commitment to the pursuit of quality that these factors allow to achieve.

The extreme attention in viticulture and in the vineyard’s management has led – with gradual replantings started at the end of the 80s – to a density of vines around 6,000/7,000 plants per hectare.

The yield per plant is of about 1.3 kg of grapes.

Fattoria di Felsina

Domenico Poggiali bought Felsina farm in 1966 and with a courageous act, during that difficult time of Italian viticulture, he chose to invest on the quality of wine and on the expertise of some young people.
Lovers of viticulture and skilled entrepreneurs, Domenico and his son Giuseppe modernized the management of the country without abandoning the spirit of tradition. Within a few years, the hectares of vine became more than forty and they also changed the essence and the organization of the company. In the second half of the seventies, his son–in–law Giuseppe Mazzocolin entered the company with the task to develop commercially the company. His humanistic culture and his awareness of the responsibility of man in his work contributed to the growth of the culture of wine in Italy and abroad, obtaining his first international recognition. His friendship with Veronelli and his collaboration with the winemaker Franco Bernabei have charted a course that reveals itself with extreme consistency in wines from the 1983 vintage, the first of Fontalloro and Rancia, up to the present days. Under the guidance of Domenico and Giuseppe Poggiali, a path begins, that since 1990 sees even Giovanni Poggiali as protagonist, the first of the three children of Giuseppe.

Castellare di Castellina

For 25 years has been only Castellare di Castellina. 25 years of success with the rediscovery of the method (the one of Chianti in flasks) to govern wine for fresh and drinkable bottles, even icy, in summer, of Governo di Castellare, with fidelity to the native vines for an authentic Chianti Classico, where the ruby red color of Sangioveto is not humiliated by the black of Cabernet or, worse, by the wines of the South. With Chianti Classico Reserve and Vigna il Poggiale Special Reserve, the highest scores of the guides and various “tre bicchieri” awards by Gamberorosso, with international grapes vinified in single variety: Cabernet for the bottles of Coniale and Merlot for Poggio ai Merli, to take part in the world challenge of the two most widely used varieties in the world, and yet with “tre bicchieri”: le Ginestre (Chardonnay and Sauvignon in steel), Canonico (by the strong character of Chardonnay, vinified in barrique) and Spartito (Sauvignon vinified in barrique, too). Then, the Vin Santo S. Niccolò, made as God commands, without the ladle, and not too alcoholic (dry) nor too sweet, and finally, the flagship wine, the great I Sodi di S. Niccolò, exaltation of Sangioveto and Malvasia Nera (10%), twice in the Top 100 of Wine Spectator ranking, demonstrating that the Sangioveto vine can compete with all of the best vineyards in the world.