Montenidoli, Vernaccia di San Gimignano Tradizionale 2024 750ml
Regular price
Sale price
$37.00
Unit price
/ per
- Region
- Tuscany
- Appellation
- Vernaccia di San Gimignano
- Varietals
- Vernaccia
- Vineyard
- Sourced from estate vineyards around San Gimignano.
- Orientation
- 250-350 meters in elevation.
- Soil
- Calcareous with marine sediments
- Viticulture
- Harvested by hand. Certified organic.
- Vinification
- Vinified in stainless steel with five to seven days of skin contact.
- Aging
- Aged in glass-lined concrete tanks followed by time in the bottle for a total of about one year.
- Production
- About 2,100 cases produced.
Montenidoli is literally and figuratively a mountain above the appellation of San Gimignano. It is a large estate of roughly 200 hectares, though just 24 hectares under vine, on a mountainside overlooking the picturesque town of San Gimignano with Chianti Classico in the distance. Elisabetta Fagiuoli is pivotal figure when talking about the last 50 years of Tuscan winemaking. In fact, 2020 marked her 50th vintage produced! Many people think of Vernaccia di San Gimignano as a simple white wine meant to be consumed fresh and young, though the whites of Montenidoli prove that does not have to be the case. While the wines show well on release, they greatly improve both with extended aeration in the glass or decanter as well as with bottle age.