Sono Montenidoli "Vernaccia di San Gimignano Fiore" Tuscany, Italy 2022

FROM THE PRODUCER:

THE WINE: 100% Vernaccia. Aged in bottle before release, Indigenous yeast fermented, Low Sulfur Vinification & Aging, Organically Grown Grapes, Skin contact, Stainless Steel Vat Fermented & Aged

THE PRODUCER: When Elisabetta Fagiuoli and Sergio Muratori arrived in 1965, San Gimignano was not known world-wide as one of the most ravishingly beautiful areas to visit and Montenidoli was a 200+ hectare overgrown abandoned property with a moderate potential of producing good Chianti. They set about restoring the olive groves and vineyards that mother nature was in the process of reclaiming, and the rest is history. To this day, only a small percentage of the acreage is planted as the choice was made long ago to retain the natural ecosystem of the mountain.

Elisabetta Fagiuoli is proud of the fact that her land has never seen the use of pesticides. She has farmed organically as long as she has had the property and can attest that previous to her it had been farmed organically. Given that her property is isolated on a mountainside, she has the added benefit of not having any close neighbors, relieving her of any concern about systemic, non-organic treatments being used in adjacent vineyards. The soil at Montenidoli was impacted greatly by the Ligurian Sea which extended into much of what is now Tuscany millions of years ago. You can still often find large prehistoric oyster fossils in the soil, many of which are on display in the winery. On the higher elevation parcels of their property, you find a deep, red, mineral-rich soil where they source their top reds, the Triassico and the Sono Montenidoli.

It’s safe to say that land of Montenidoli has NEVER seen the use of systemic chemicals. She has been called the soul of Tuscany and was without question THE visionary that elevated Vernaccia di San Gimignano to higher levels of quality than were previously imaginable in the region.