Francesco Fabbretti

STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI

Tuscany

Flaccianello della Pieve 2010, Fontodi

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There are some occasions when it is problematic to tell a winery without falling into the obvious that, inevitably, brings a fame of the caliber of the one that, with good reason, can boast of Fontodi. Actually this story begins several generations ago for the fame of the Manetti family (owner of the winery) in the production of terracotta, to the point of providing it also for the recoating of the Florence Duomo dome and for the reconstruction of Uffizi Gallery flooring. [Read more…] about Flaccianello della Pieve 2010, Fontodi

Benefizio Riserva Castello di Pomino 2016, Marchesi Frescobaldi

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Few wine brands in the world can boast a history of over seven centuries, like the one that belongs to the Frescobaldi family, one of the most illustrious standard-bearer of the made in Italy wine in the world. The Frescobaldis, in fact, are a family whose first exponents moved from the Val di Pesa, where they owned land including the estate of Castiglioni (their oldest agricultural property), to Florence around the year 1000. [Read more…] about Benefizio Riserva Castello di Pomino 2016, Marchesi Frescobaldi

G.Punto 2019, Duemani

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If the area of the southern Tuscan Coast has its own wine history based on indigenous vines, such as Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo, and the central one is firmly guarded by the wines of Bolgheri, to the north it is difficult to identify an equally developed productive tradition. For this reason it is even more surprising the incredible positioning work that the Duemani farm has been able to do in just twenty years of history. [Read more…] about G.Punto 2019, Duemani

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2013, Gianni Brunelli – Azienda Agraria Le Chiuse Di Sotto

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When trying to describe the evolution of Brunello di Montalcino over the last 40 years, one of the names that I personally consider essential is that of Gianni Brunelli and his winery. Although, unfortunately, the love story between Montalcino and this winemaker lasted just twenty years and ended prematurely with his death, the values expressed resist time, thanks to the perseverance of Gianni’s wife, Laura, who today continues to lead the winery with the same determination. [Read more…] about Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2013, Gianni Brunelli – Azienda Agraria Le Chiuse Di Sotto

Altrovino 2018, DueMani

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If the area of the southern Tuscan Coast has its own wine history based on indigenous vines, such as Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo, and the central one is firmly guarded by the wines of Bolgheri, to the north it is difficult to identify an equally developed productive tradition. For this reason it is even more surprising the incredible positioning work that the Duemani farm has been able to do in just twenty years of history. [Read more…] about Altrovino 2018, DueMani

Ariento 2018, Massa Vecchia

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We are in Massa Marittima, in the province of Grosseto, about twenty kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the upper Maremma Toscana, in an area characterized by metalliferous hills; here, in 1985, Fabrizio Niccolaini and his wife Patrizia Bartolini founded the farm Massa Vecchia. While remaining in the family, the management of the company passed, from 2009 to 2018, into the hands of Patrizia’s daughter, Francesca Sfrondini, who manages it in partnership with Daniel and Ines Wattenhofer, Thomas Frischknecht and Rocco Delli Colli. [Read more…] about Ariento 2018, Massa Vecchia

Guado al Tasso 2015, Antinori

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The wine production of the Antinori family boasts, among its ranks, real wine monuments, able to warm the hearts of their fans around the world. On the other hand, it is still one of the oldest Maison, now in its twenty-sixth generation, with Albiera, Alessia and Allegra Antinori, daughters of the Marquis Piero Antinori, after more than 600 years of history. [Read more…] about Guado al Tasso 2015, Antinori

Dedicato a Walter 2016, Poggio al Tesoro

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Historical sources report that the Allegrini family played a prominent role among the rich landowners of Valpolicella already in the 16th century, a role that led them to become among the most famous wine producers of that area. Among the leading figures of this family, a special mention, also for the purposes of our history, goes to Walter Allegrini, who joined the company in 1983 as head of viticulture. [Read more…] about Dedicato a Walter 2016, Poggio al Tesoro

Carmignano Terre a Mano 2016, Fattoria di Bacchereto

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According to the available historical sources, it would seem that the history of the area of Carmignano has its roots in the Early Middle Ages, with documents attesting to its agricultural vocation dating back to 804 BC. Certainly, in the eighteenth century, these lands were renowned for their wine production, so much so that Cosimo III de’ Medici, with his 1716 ban, regulated their production legally, including them among the most suitable Tuscany areas. [Read more…] about Carmignano Terre a Mano 2016, Fattoria di Bacchereto

Cabernet Franc Duemani 2016, DueMani

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If the area of the southern Tuscan Coast has its own wine history based on indigenous vines, such as Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo, and the central one is firmly guarded by the wines of Bolgheri, to the north it is difficult to identify an equally developed productive tradition. For this reason it is even more surprising the incredible positioning work that the Duemani farm has been able to do in just twenty years of history. [Read more…] about Cabernet Franc Duemani 2016, DueMani

Rosso di Montalcino Rossofonte 2016, Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona

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The history of Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona winery begins in the seventeenth century when the Bishop of Montalcino and of the Sant’Antimo Abbey, Fabius de’ Vecchis, builds an episcopal palace in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, in the south-east quadrant of the current Brunello di Montalcino docg area. After the death of the Bishop, the palace and the related lands were bought and sold until the middle of the 20th century when they finally came into the possession of the Ciacci family which, shortly after, became related to the Piccolomini d’Aragona family, descendant of Pope Pius II. [Read more…] about Rosso di Montalcino Rossofonte 2016, Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona

Chianti Classico 2016, Azienda Agricola Caparsa

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It’s not possible to talk about Radda in Chianti without thinking about the fact that this area, in the heart of Chianti Classico, has been underestimated for a long time because of its excessive altitude. This morphological condition allowed with great difficulty the Sangiovese to age properly and so the wines of Radda were almost always considered too thin, slightly scarce in substance. [Read more…] about Chianti Classico 2016, Azienda Agricola Caparsa

Chianti Classico Collection 2021 a Milano

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On Monday, November 22nd, took place in Milan, in the halls of The Westin Palace hotel, the famous Chianti Classico Collection event, a particularly prestigious appointment that allows you to get an idea of the next vintages coming out of this famous denomination, protected and promoted, since 1924, by the Chianti Classico Consortium.
The event brought to Milan more than 60 companies operating in the Chianti Classico area and many of them, in addition to the wines with that denomination, have opted to present also those that, while remaining local wines, fall under the name Toscana IGT. [Read more…] about Chianti Classico Collection 2021 a Milano

Cabernet Sauvignon Collezione Privata 2016, Isole e Olena

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According to official records, the village of Olena was a real Tuscan farm, halfway between Florence and Siena, self-sufficient already in the 12th century, while the neighboring and coeval village of Isole became a real farm only in 1700 by the Elmi family. In the 1950s a certain Francesco De Marchi, descendant of a Piedmontese family in the Lessona area, who has been producing Piedmontese wines for three generations, moved to Tuscany and bought the two farms, giving rise to the Isole e Olena winery. [Read more…] about Cabernet Sauvignon Collezione Privata 2016, Isole e Olena

Campo di Tenaglia 2018, Tenuta di Trinoro

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Tenuta di Trinoro, one of the most famous Italian wineries, is located in Sarteano, 80 kilometers south of Siena, in a strip of land almost on the border between Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio. Here the volcanic Andrea Franchetti established his first winery with the same experimental vision with which previously, since the 1960s, he had founded restaurants in New York in the East Village and dedicated himself to import Italian wines to the United States. [Read more…] about Campo di Tenaglia 2018, Tenuta di Trinoro

Chianti Classico Riserva 2010, Badia a Coltibuono

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The history of the Badia (Abbey) in Coltibuono is very ancient: it was built around the church of San Lorenzo in Coltibuono, in the second half of the eleventh century, taking the name of Badia a Cultusboni, from the Latin cultus (agriculture) and bonus (good), which told how those lands had a particular vocation for agriculture. In fact, the work of the Vallombrosan monks, the Badia inhabitants, was focused on the revival of agriculture, based mainly on the oil and wine production, the same conduct long before them by the Etruscans and the Romans until 300 BC.. [Read more…] about Chianti Classico Riserva 2010, Badia a Coltibuono

Tignanello 2010, Antinori

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The wine production of the Antinori family boasts, among its ranks, real wine monuments, able to warm the hearts of their fans around the world. On the other hand, it is still one of the oldest Maison, now in its twenty-sixth generation, with Albiera, Alessia and Allegra Antinori, daughters of the Marquis Piero Antinori, after more than 600 years of history. [Read more…] about Tignanello 2010, Antinori

Batàr 2016, Querciabella

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In 1974 Giuseppe Castiglioni realized his dream: to produce great wines, in the heart of Chianti Classico, using both autochthonous and international grapes, stimulated in this by the progressive affirmation, also in Italy, of the great wines of Bordeaux. Between the ’80s and ’90s his son Sebastiano, once inherited the reins of the company, while continuing in the paternal direction, expands his vision with the accession to the organic regime and, subsequently (2000), to the biodynamic, organic and vegan. [Read more…] about Batàr 2016, Querciabella

Bucce 2012, Poggio Argentiera

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The story of Poggio Argentiera began in 1997 when Gianpaolo Paglia, an agronomist and scientific researcher from Maremma, and his wife Justine Keeling, an English marketing manager, bought Podere Adua, a prestigious estate in front of Marina di Alberese, in the province of Grosseto. It was a plot of 6 hectares of vineyards, 5-6 kilometers from the sea, created at the beginning of ‘900, the time of the drainage of those lands, on the border with the Natural Park of Maremma. [Read more…] about Bucce 2012, Poggio Argentiera

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Ripe al Convento 2010, Marchesi Frescobaldi

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Few wine brands in the world can boast a history of over seven centuries, like the one that belongs to the Frescobaldi family, one of the most illustrious standard-bearer of the made in Italy wine in the world. The Frescobaldi, in fact, are a family whose first exponents moved from the Val di Pesa, where they owned land including the estate of Castiglioni (their oldest agricultural property), to Florence around the year 1000. [Read more…] about Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Ripe al Convento 2010, Marchesi Frescobaldi

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