Greve estate that began organic conversion in 1988 and adopted biodynamics in 2000. The vegan biodynamics regime omits all animal-derived inputs (cow horn, manure) in favor of green manure and cover crops. The largest vegan-certified vineyard surface in Italy.
Tip: Querciabella is certified vegan as well; the Greve cellar visit covers the unusual plant-only biodynamic regime.
Address: Via di Barbiano 17, 50022 Greve in Chianti, Italy, Tuscany
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.
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.
Selvapiana's vineyards on the Sieve valley east of Florence became officially certified organic in 2019 by ICEA, although the estate had been farming on organic principles for many years prior. Bucerchiale single-vineyard Riserva is the flagship.
Tip: Pair the Bucerchiale Riserva with the rosso annata to taste cool-Rufina altitude and altitude age-worthiness side by side.
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.
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. Native yeasts, extended maceration, no filtration, minimal or no sulfur across reds, rose and white Vermentino.
Tip: The rose and the Vermentino offer the natural lineage at its most approachable; reds need decanting and tend toward funkier registers.
