Monteverro -  the best wine in Italy?

Monteverro has emerged as one of the most remarkable anomalies in the modern wine world. Founded in 2003 by German entrepreneur Georg Weber, the estate is located in Capalbio, in the southernmost corner of Tuscany’s Maremma. Historically, this specific sub-region was never considered a breeding ground for world-class, multi-layered fine wines. While nearby Bolgheri became famous for Super Tuscans, Capal...

In winegrowing, sometimes what is necessary is also just instinct. One day, Georg Weber stood at the foot of the medieval town of Capalbio in a landscape still characterized by grain fields. He looked over the slopes that gently drop to the Tyrrhenian Sea, felt the mild breeze that blew in from the water, and breathed the scent of the Mediterranean scrub, of the prolific herbs and flowers. That is when he knew: ‘‘this coast has incredible pote...

A good wine comes not from the winery, but rather from the vineyard — we are convinced of that. Because to the greatest extent possible, we want to let nature run its course. We place great value upon biodiversity and made a conscious decision against monoculture. Out of the sixty hectares (150 acres) that Monteverro comprises, only thirty-five of them are planted with grapevines (of which only around twenty-seven are in production). The remai...

In our winery, sustainable activities, a great deal of work by hand, and innovative technology all complement each other. The overriding maxim is to intervene as little as possible in the natural fermentation and maturation so that the wine can develop to a large extent undisturbed. 

Because conditions can change in the vineyard just within a few meters, for harvesting we subdivide each plot into microplots which are then picked at differen...

Just beneath the medieval hilltop town of Capalbio, where Tuscan hills yield to the Tyrrhenian Sea, lies Tenuta Monteverro—a testament to one man’s relentless pursuit of perfection. After scouring Napa Valley, Bordeaux, and Australia for the ideal terroir, German entrepreneur Georg Weber found his sanctuary here on the coast of the Maremma. Marked at the estate's entrance by a cast-iron wild boar—a nod to the property’s name, meaning “Boar Mou...