Founded in 1956 by the De Marchi family; the EPI Group acquired the estate in 2022. The Cepparello pure Sangiovese IGT remains the flagship alongside the Chianti Classico.
Signature wines: isole-e-olena-cepparello, isole-e-olena-chianti-classico, isole-e-olena-collezione-de-marchi-syrah
Scores: Wine Advocate 96 (2019), Vinous 95 (2018)
Address: Localita Isole 1, 50021 Barberino Tavarnelle, Firenze, Italy, Tuscany
Castelnuovo Berardenga estate combining a Relais & Chateaux resort with a Chianti Classico programme that recovered the indigenous Pugnitello grape from near-extinction.
Tasting: The Borgo San Felice resort hosts cellar tours, tasting flights and a vineyard experience programme; the property includes a Relais & Chateaux hotel.
Signature wines: san-felice-il-grigio-gran-selezione, san-felice-vigorello, san-felice-pugnitello
Scores: Wine Advocate 95 (2019), Vinous 94 (2018)
ICEA-organic certified estate on a fortified hamlet at 600 metres in Radda in Chianti, with the cellar dispersed through medieval buildings owned by the Mascheroni Stianti family.
Tasting: The fortified medieval hamlet of Volpaia houses the cellar across the village buildings; tastings, cellar walks and Bottega lunches by booking.
Signature wines: castello-di-volpaia-coltassala, castello-di-volpaia-il-puro-gran-selezione, castello-di-volpaia-chianti-classico
Scores: Wine Advocate 96 (2019), Vinous 94 (2018)
Greve in Chianti estate founded 1974 by the Castiglioni family. Demeter-certified biodynamic with vegan vinification practices; Camartina is the long-running Sangiovese-Cabernet IGT.
Tasting: Tastings and estate visits by appointment; the entire farming operation is Demeter biodynamic and the cellar uses no animal products in vinification.
Signature wines: querciabella-camartina, querciabella-batar, querciabella-chianti-classico
Scores: Wine Advocate 95 (2018), Vinous 94 (2018)
Castelnuovo Berardenga property owned since 1968 by Principessa Coralia Pignatelli, producing some of Chianti Classico's longest-lived traditionally-styled Riservas.
Tasting: Estate visits and tasting flights by appointment; lunch available in the borgo with prior reservation.
Signature wines: castell-in-villa-chianti-classico-riserva, castell-in-villa-poggio-delle-rose-riserva, castell-in-villa-santacroce
Scores: Vinous 95 (2016), Wine Advocate 94 (2016)
Tiny Gaiole estate of 13 hectares founded in 1971 by Englishman John Dunkley. Organic since 2014, vegan vinification, and now producing 100% Sangiovese under the La Gioia Toscana IGT flagship.
Tasting: Small-group estate tastings by reservation; vegan-vinified wines.
Signature wines: riecine-la-gioia, riecine-chianti-classico-riserva, riecine-chianti-classico
Scores: Wine Advocate 96 (2018), Vinous 95 (2019)
Francois family estate in Greve in Chianti dating to 1897, set around a medieval castle. Il Picchio Gran Selezione anchors a Sangiovese-led range alongside Super Tuscan IGT bottlings.
Tasting: Cellar tours and tasting flights from the medieval castle property; on-site agriturismo accommodation.
Signature wines: castello-di-querceto-il-picchio, castello-di-querceto-la-corte, castello-di-querceto-chianti-classico-riserva
Scores: Wine Advocate 93 (2019), Vinous 92 (2018)
Castelnuovo Berardenga estate combining a Relais & Chateaux resort with a Chianti Classico programme that recovered the indigenous Pugnitello grape from near-extinction.
Tasting: The Borgo San Felice resort hosts cellar tours, tasting flights and a vineyard experience programme; the property includes a Relais & Chateaux hotel.
Signature wines: san-felice-il-grigio-gran-selezione, san-felice-vigorello, san-felice-pugnitello
Scores: Wine Advocate 95 (2019), Vinous 94 (2018)
ICEA-organic certified estate on a fortified hamlet at 600 metres in Radda in Chianti, with the cellar dispersed through medieval buildings owned by the Mascheroni Stianti family.
Tasting: The fortified medieval hamlet of Volpaia houses the cellar across the village buildings; tastings, cellar walks and Bottega lunches by booking.
Signature wines: castello-di-volpaia-coltassala, castello-di-volpaia-il-puro-gran-selezione, castello-di-volpaia-chianti-classico
Scores: Wine Advocate 96 (2019), Vinous 94 (2018)
Greve in Chianti estate founded 1974 by the Castiglioni family. Demeter-certified biodynamic with vegan vinification practices; Camartina is the long-running Sangiovese-Cabernet IGT.
Tasting: Tastings and estate visits by appointment; the entire farming operation is Demeter biodynamic and the cellar uses no animal products in vinification.
Signature wines: querciabella-camartina, querciabella-batar, querciabella-chianti-classico
Scores: Wine Advocate 95 (2018), Vinous 94 (2018)
Castelnuovo Berardenga property owned since 1968 by Principessa Coralia Pignatelli, producing some of Chianti Classico's longest-lived traditionally-styled Riservas.
Tasting: Estate visits and tasting flights by appointment; lunch available in the borgo with prior reservation.
Signature wines: castell-in-villa-chianti-classico-riserva, castell-in-villa-poggio-delle-rose-riserva, castell-in-villa-santacroce
Scores: Vinous 95 (2016), Wine Advocate 94 (2016)
Tiny Gaiole estate of 13 hectares founded in 1971 by Englishman John Dunkley. Organic since 2014, vegan vinification, and now producing 100% Sangiovese under the La Gioia Toscana IGT flagship.
Tasting: Small-group estate tastings by reservation; vegan-vinified wines.
Signature wines: riecine-la-gioia, riecine-chianti-classico-riserva, riecine-chianti-classico
Scores: Wine Advocate 96 (2018), Vinous 95 (2019)
Francois family estate in Greve in Chianti dating to 1897, set around a medieval castle. Il Picchio Gran Selezione anchors a Sangiovese-led range alongside Super Tuscan IGT bottlings.
Tasting: Cellar tours and tasting flights from the medieval castle property; on-site agriturismo accommodation.
Signature wines: castello-di-querceto-il-picchio, castello-di-querceto-la-corte, castello-di-querceto-chianti-classico-riserva
Scores: Wine Advocate 93 (2019), Vinous 92 (2018)
