Castiglion del Bosco

Coming back to the resort in defeat is probably not something i will willingly do…  the chinese are drinking more wine, have you discovered that their palettes are different from the eurocentric ones or they just following what is good because the western world believes it is?

I don’t believe I’m an expert and I won’t change my wines accordingly. We do our wines because we believe in them and hopefully people like them. There are a lot of v...

In 2003, after his beginnings as a wine producer at the Tenuta di Prima Pietra in Riparbella in the upper Maremma, Massimo Ferragamo created his quintessential Tuscany, composed of vineyards, guests to be welcomed as friends, beautiful artistry and nights bursting with stars. Today, Castiglion del Bosco is all of this and beyond. 

Castiglion del Bosco has two separate vineyard sites, the 20-hectare Gauggiole vineyard, just beneath the Borgo...

Castiglion del Bosco is located in the northwest of Montalcino, where the rocky, nutrient-poor soils are perfect for yielding wines of superb structure and complexity.
The estate's 2,000 hectares are largely occupied by dense woods of holm oak, oak, and beech, in addition to meadows, organically-farmed crops and 62 hectares of vineyard planted exclusively to Sangiovese. There are two completely distinct growing sections, each different as to ...

Nestled against the side of a hill, almost out of sight, the new wine cellar was designed to coax the absolute best from the grapes grown in Castiglion del Bosco's vineyards. The sangiovese grapes are quality-selected in the vineyards first, then the clusters travel two sorting tables, where trained eyes make a further selection of the finest fruit.

The clusters are then gravity-fed into 100-150hl tanks on the lower level, which are arran...

1313: Badia Ardenga, a handsome abbey located near the Fiume Ombrone, is visited by emperors and popes traveling along the ancient Via Franciegena route. Built before 1000 AD, the original formation is still intact today. According to legend, German Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg and his army went to the abbey to take communion during their stop in Buonconvento in 1313. Allegedly, the monks poisoned the Eucharist and the emperor was found dea...