WinePhilosophy

Diligent viticulture is essential here, with low yields, little use of technology and a great deal of manual labor. Management of the soil and of the leaf canopy, exposing the fruit to sunlight and to the wind; decisions regarding vineyard sites, plant density, clonal selection, treatments for the grapes and not to filter the wines: all of this lies behind the wine of Podere San Cristoforo. A fine wine made with little contribution from technology calls for better vineyard husbandry, leading to higher quality fruit. This gives us a wine whose origin we can recognize at first sip: a wine that may not always be as perfect technically or as constant year in, year out, as those to which we may have become accustomed, but which undoubtedly displays more marked character.

TheWine

Podere San Cristoforo produces wine in very limited quantity. Carandelle is the one that is mostly available. This name appears on the old map of the property and indicates the actual Sangiovese vineyard.

Wine now available at the cellar:

Luminoso 2011 (Trebb./Vermentino)
Amaranto 2010 (100%Sangiovese)
S. Cristoforo 2010 (100% PetitVerdot)

Wines no more available (click here).

Wine maker: Lorenzo Zonin
Wine consultant: Mathieu Huguet

TheLabel

The story of Carandelle label: engraved in copper and the MemoWine idea (click here).