Despite a year of contradicting weather, nature responded with surprising resilience, delivering high quality grapes. This vintage was prelude to disaster, but surprisingly, thanks to vines resilience and a brief change in the weather at the end of August, rainy and cooler, balanced out the negative effects, of heat and drought delivering wines of the finest…

In 2021, the growth of the vineyards was delayed by a rather cool spring, which slowed the budbreak before a summer that proved hot and very dry. Spring 2021 was marked by a disastrous event: on 8 April, a freezing current from the sea burnt our green vine shoots, particularly those of Sangiovese, which sprouts…

2020 is one of the best vintages in our history, characterized by an early harvest, low yields and a concentrated yet crispy fruit. The winter was mild and rainy, with temperatures that rarely dropped below zero. The buds broke in the middle of March. Unfortunately, on March 24th, some sprouts of Sangiovese were burned by…

2019 harvest is a late one, especially if compared with the last two vintages. After a particularly cool spring, vegetative growth was delayed for over a week, and flowering happened only in the first days of June. The entire June and July, were among the warmest and driest in recent history. Until substantial rains at…

After a challenging rainy spring, conditions improved significantly during the summer, culminating in almost perfect weather during the harvest – between middle of September and beginning of October.Our 2018 reds do not appear to be extraordinarily powerful but they display deep colours together with intense and unique aromatics. On the palate they are incredibly fresh,…

Podere San Cristoforo faced extreme drought this year but our vines well react producing few healthy grapes, characterised by thick skins rich in color and aromas. Our vineyards are fortunate to dwell on an ancient river bed and their roots can grow into deep, draining soils that provide enough water to perfectly ripen its fruits….

The 2016 vintage could easily be considered one of the greatest on record.
Quality was very similar to that of 2015, 2013 and 2011, with the former having very similar climate conditions and ripening temperatures to 2016. This year was, in fact, the earliest ripening we have ever had. Our vineyards spent the winter in fairly…

The season didn’t start well. In March we had a frost that reduced the quantity of grapes of 30%. This tourned out to be favourable cause the vines could focus on the ripening of fewer clusters. In the Sangiovese we had an everage of four clusters per vine. This was really exceptional! Now that all…

SUMMARY We have excellent vines that seem willing to bend to our human desires, to share our wishes, and to be partners in our goals. Despite a notably rainy and cold summer we have found ourselves with splendid grapes. This is the result of a lot of hard work and also the fortunate location of…

Gavorrano , October 10th, 2013 – The sky is still a deep blue, growing lighter in the east and there are still some dark clouds threatening. The grape clusters are wet with dew and it is with some difficulty that we walk over the wet clay soil of the Carandelle vineyard. It is the last…