Montenidoli Vernaccia Fiore 2021

Alcohol: 13.5%

Grape(s): 100% Vernaccia

Localization: Tuscany, Italy

Tasting Notes: The true Vernaccia. The free run juice goes directly to the vats and, after fermentation, refines on the lees for a long time. It is the purest expression of Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Light yellow in color with a rich and elegant bouquet. On the palate, round and persistent.

Food Pairing: Drink with French cuisine based on butter, steamed fish, and white meat.

The Domain: 200 ha/500 ac of woods on the hill overlooking San Gimignano, in front of the Chianti Classico, between Florence and Siena. It is an unpolluted land, high upon the hill, in clean air, away, far away, from any chemical poison invented by humans.

When we arrived, in 1965, the land was abandoned: the woods had invaded the fields, the olive trees were running wild, the vines were covered by the bushes. We committed ourselves to the soil, and tried our best for a new beginning. We began to breed rabbits as their manure was very good for fertilizing the soil; we bought worms that we spread in the fields to make humus and soften the earth.  We pruned only in winter when the vegetation was dormant. All the cuttings were ground and fermented to make a compost to go back to fertilize the plants. We followed the rules of nature that are dictated by the weather, the days, the seasons.