The Manetti family farm 90 hectares of Conca d'Oro Chianti Classico organically since 2008. The Flaccianello della Pieve IGT and the Chianti Classico annata are the estate signatures; the closed-loop farm also runs cattle for vineyard manure as part of organic vineyard practice.
Tip: Visit during late September for harvest; Fontodi's Conca d'Oro amphitheater is one of Chianti Classico's most photogenic sites.
Address: Via San Leolino 89, 50022 Panzano in Chianti, Italy, Tuscany
Losi family Chianti Classico estate at Pontignanello, organic since 2014. Traditionalist producer still doing the governo all'uso toscano and a Vin Santo Millennium aged 10+ years in caratelli.
Tip: Ask for the Vin Santo Millennium vertical; the solera-style caratelli have been refilled for decades.
Tiezzi-Borsa family estate east of Siena, a registered VinNatur member. Long macerations, native yeasts, no fining or filtration, minimal sulfur. Wines like Pacina, Donesco and La Cerretina are reference points for Tuscan natural Sangiovese.
Tip: Pacina is also a working farm with cereals, pulses and olive oil; a visit takes a full half-day.
Giovanna Morganti's three-hectare Castelnuovo Berardenga estate. Le Trame, the estate's only wine, is unoaked Sangiovese-led IGT Toscana (left the DOCG in 2012 in protest at wood-fashion rules), made from meticulously farmed organic fruit.
Tip: Allocations move via Rosenthal Wine Merchant; cellar visits by referral only.
Querciabella practices a strict vegan vinification, eliminating all animal-derived fining agents alongside its plant-only biodynamics across 81 hectares of certified-organic vineyards.
Tip: Ask the Greve cellar team to walk through the green-manure cover-crop and plant-based-preparation regime.
Losi family Chianti Classico estate at Pontignanello, organic since 2014. Traditionalist producer still doing the governo all'uso toscano and a Vin Santo Millennium aged 10+ years in caratelli.
Tip: Ask for the Vin Santo Millennium vertical; the solera-style caratelli have been refilled for decades.
Tiezzi-Borsa family estate east of Siena, a registered VinNatur member. Long macerations, native yeasts, no fining or filtration, minimal sulfur. Wines like Pacina, Donesco and La Cerretina are reference points for Tuscan natural Sangiovese.
Tip: Pacina is also a working farm with cereals, pulses and olive oil; a visit takes a full half-day.
Giovanna Morganti's three-hectare Castelnuovo Berardenga estate. Le Trame, the estate's only wine, is unoaked Sangiovese-led IGT Toscana (left the DOCG in 2012 in protest at wood-fashion rules), made from meticulously farmed organic fruit.
Tip: Allocations move via Rosenthal Wine Merchant; cellar visits by referral only.
Pioneer natural-wine estate above Massa Marittima. Founded by Fabrizio Niccolaini in the 1980s, biodynamic since 2004, run today by Francesca Sfondrini.
Tip: The rose and the Vermentino offer the natural lineage at its most approachable; reds need decanting and tend toward funkier registers.
Querciabella practices a strict vegan vinification, eliminating all animal-derived fining agents alongside its plant-only biodynamics across 81 hectares of certified-organic vineyards.
Tip: Ask the Greve cellar team to walk through the green-manure cover-crop and plant-based-preparation regime.
Avignonesi is registered with The Vegan Society and certified ISO 45001 by SGS; the estate's biodynamic-and-organic Vino Nobile carries vegan declarations on the technical sheets. The homepage lists Vegan among its certifications.
Tip: Verify on the bottle vintage by vintage; some single-vineyard cuvees outside the main Vino Nobile may not carry the same vegan declaration year to year.
