100% Sangiovese from hillside vineyards located at between 270-320 meters. The average age of the vines is 15 years old. La Gerla Rosso spends six monhts in tank, then one year in Slavonian oak (large casks of 50hl) and another six months in bottle before being released.  

100% Ciliegiolo from the Arezzo area, from a lower, more productive part of their vineyards. Direct press. All stainless steel; partial malolactic. Light color, but not too light. Fresh red berries and usually an intriguing herbal streak. Certified organic.

San Ferdinando’s Vermentino comes from vines planted in 2010 at 300m above sea level.  This north-facing vineyard has sand in the first 20cm of soil, with compact grey clay below.  Freshness and drinkability, rather than concentration, are the objectives in the wine, so the number of bunches per...

Ciliegiolo, meaning “cherry-like”, is usually reserved as a blending grape. Bottled on its own, it shows remarkably bright red fruits and fresh acidity.  There have been conflicting studies, but Ciliegiolo is either a parent or offspring of Sangiovese.  San Ferdinando’s version comes from 1.7...

100% Sangiovese. Jarkko and Josephin were the first in Chianti Classico to use 250L ceramic orbs called Clayver for aging their wines.  They are fired a very high temperatures and are 20% less porous than terracotta. The wine is called Mimas--one of the many satellites of Saturn--as the Clayver...

95% Sangiovese and 5% Petit Verdot, aged 24 months in barrique.    

100% Sangiovese, with yields at 35 hl/ha. The wine was fermented in open-top stainless steel vats with macerations lasting over a month; malolactic took place in barrel. Aged 18 months in 228-350L barrels, 20% of which were new.  This wine is a clear indication that Candialle is in no rush to...

80% Prugnolo Gentile/20% Canaiolo Nero & Mammolo. Prugnolo Gentile is the variant of Sangiovese found in Montepulciano and historically co-planted with supporting varieties like Canaiolo and Mammolo. Proprietor Dora Forsoni has been farmiing her family's vines organically forever, many of them...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza grows 4.2 contiguous hectares of hilly vineyards just southeast of the town of Montalcino. The crown jewel of their holdings is a 1.6-hectare parcel valled Vigna del Bosco, so named for the fact that the steep, south-facing, amphitheater-shaped vineyard is entirely...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza's Sangiovese vines occupy 4.2 hilly, contiguous hectares in San Polo, just southeast of Montalcino. All of it qualifies as Brunello turf technically, but the legal constraints on Brunello production were very tight when the Padovani sisters started Fonterenza in the late...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza grows 4.2 contiguous hectares of hilly vineyards just southeast of the town of Montalcino. The crown jewel of their holdings is a 1.6-hectare parcel valled Vigna del Bosco, so named for the fact that the steep, south-facing, amphitheater-shaped vineyard is entirely...

50% Montepulciano, 50% Sangiovese from DeAngelis’ vineyards in the province of Ascoli Piceno. The juice is immediately drained after crushing and malolactic is avoided, allowing for a light-colored and zippy rosato with lots of citrus notes.  Certified organic.

100% Pecorino from De Angelis’ vineyards in Offida. Made in stainless steel.

90% Schiava/10% "other". Known locally as Vernatsch, Schiava is a thin-skinned grape native to the Alto Adige but down to only about 200 hectares in the region. The Mayrs of Nusserhof have a 1.5-hectare plot of 90-year-old Schiava vines a few kilometers from their home vineyard (mixed in are...

100% Lagrein. Lagrein is the mainstay for the Mayr family, it being the majority of their 2.5 hectares just outside the winery in Bolzano. The vines range from 40 to 90 years old and are planted on deep, sandy, alluvial soils. The farming is certified organic and harvest is by hand. The grapes are...

100% Lagrein. From the Mayrs' 40-to-90-year-old Lagrein vines around the winery. The grapes are farmed organically and harvested by hand. The rosato is a 50/50 combination of direct-press and saignée juice, fermented in tank with a pied de cuve made with native yeasts. The wine is aged in 20-...

100% Grillo. “La Miccia” is the sweetest, shortest-aged version of a De Bartoli marsala wine and the only one not oxidative in style. As for all of their marsalas, it is made exclusively with organic, hand-harvested, estate Grillo—all parts of that are a rarity for any marsala. The bunches are...

100% Grillo. From organically farmed estate vines in the Samperi contrada of Marsala. They are 30 years old, planted on sandy, limestone-rich loam and trained in both Guyot and alberello. The very best Grillo bunches from the harvest are selected for "Grappoli del Grillo". They are gently pressed...

100% Zibibbo. From very low, bush-trained, organically farmed vines on De Bartoli's estate in the contrada of Bukkuram on the island of Pantelleria. The vines average around 50 years old and are grow in light, sandy volcanic soils in a low-walled, windy clos. De Bartoli makes two dried-grape...