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)
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. Biodynamic practising (vegan adaptation, no animal-product preps) with vegan vinification; Camartina is the long-running Sangiovese-Cabernet IGT.
Tasting: Tastings and estate visits by appointment; the estate farms biodynamically (vegan adaptation, no animal-product preps) 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)
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