Colorino is a member of the teinturier grape family, in which both the skins and pulp exude red juice.  (see also: Alicante Bouschet, Saperavi, Ancellotta).  It is a traditional dance partner w/ Sangiovese, with just a small percent giving a boost to the latter’s notoriously light and unstable...

The Riserva is 100% Sangiovese from the estate’s oldest vines, planted in 1993.  Maceration lasted a month.  Aging was for 16-18 months, first in cement, and then in a new chestnut wood botte of 1000L. 3,000 bottles made.  It is deeper and more savory than the ‘normale.’  The inscription on the...

Colorino is a member of the teinturier grape family, in which both the skins and pulp exude red juice.  (see also: Alicante Bouschet, Saperavi, Ancellotta).  It is a traditional dance partner w/ Sangiovese, with just a small percent giving a boost to the latter’s notoriously light and unstable...

Teatro is the smallest cru of the estate and also its highest, 0.7ha at 500-520m, an amphitheatre facing South. This is a cooler microclimate with the oldest vines, planted in 1994. Fermentation in stainless steel w/ macerations lasting 20-40 days. Aged in 2100L casks for three years and an...

Piaggione, covering 1.2ha, faces to the E/SE with fossil-rich calcareous soils at 420 to 450m of elevation. The vineyard is divided by a terrace into two different parcels that were planted in 1994 and 2007, respectively.  Fermentation in stainless steel w/ macerations lasting 20 to 40 days.  Aged ...

Elsa is 100% Sangiovese, coming from the only parcel not contiguous to the estate, 0.81 hectares, planted in 2004, just below Castelnuovo dell'Abate, in the southern part of the Montalcino appellation. Fermentation in stainless w/ 10-20 days of maceration. Aged in 800L clay anfora for 20 months,...

DrankAnte comes from the same four parcels as Vignesperse.  Approximately 30% Sangiovese, 30% Ciliegiolo, 15% Moscato d'Amburgo, 10% Bonarda, 5% Abrusco, 10% Cavarese/Pollera/unknown indigenous varieties. 5 days of maceration. The dry wine is refermented in bottle using unfermented must from the...

100% Riesling, selected in the Mosel, and planted at Maestà della Formica in 2014.  This is an extreme vineyard, 0.6ha at 1050m, densely planted at 9400 plants/hectare, with the dramatic peak of Monte Sumbra (1795m) as a backdrop.  The topsoil is sand and silt, with very little clay.  Much of the...