ORGANICALLY FARMED
WINE SPECTATOR 95 POINTS - "This expressive red features cherry, blackberry, pomegranate and orange peel aromas and flavors. Mineral and wild herb accents add depth as this cruises to the long finish, offering terrific balance and length. Though impressive now, this should evolve nicely."
Volpaia farms organically, uses the yeast native to the area, and ages the wine mostly giant Slavonian oak barrels, the latter being a traditional way of aging Italian wines that introduces fewer effects from the wood itself. They also use some smaller French oak barrels, but they are seasoned, lending only subtle spice. The result is something distinctively Tuscan, a place of both tradition and innovation, rusticity and polish.
The Volpaia family has some history with excellence, by the way. Ancestor Lorenzo della Volpaia (1446-1572) was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci, and took part in the Florentine Rennaissance. He was an architect, goldsmith, mathematician, and clockmaker, gaining fame with the construction of the Orologio dei Pianeti (Planetary Clock), and the clock at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence that you can see today!
WINE SPECTATOR 95 POINTS - "This expressive red features cherry, blackberry, pomegranate and orange peel aromas and flavors. Mineral and wild herb accents add depth as this cruises to the long finish, offering terrific balance and length. Though impressive now, this should evolve nicely."
Volpaia farms organically, uses the yeast native to the area, and ages the wine mostly giant Slavonian oak barrels, the latter being a traditional way of aging Italian wines that introduces fewer effects from the wood itself. They also use some smaller French oak barrels, but they are seasoned, lending only subtle spice. The result is something distinctively Tuscan, a place of both tradition and innovation, rusticity and polish.
The Volpaia family has some history with excellence, by the way. Ancestor Lorenzo della Volpaia (1446-1572) was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci, and took part in the Florentine Rennaissance. He was an architect, goldsmith, mathematician, and clockmaker, gaining fame with the construction of the Orologio dei Pianeti (Planetary Clock), and the clock at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence that you can see today!
