From the early 1970’s Vittorio Fiore was the trailblazer for consultant wine makers in Tuscany. For years he helped produce some of the regions finest wines but, unsurprisingly, always wanted his own estate to practice his art. This fortuitous event came about in 1991 when he was able to purchase several plots of land and a rural building on the hill of Ruffoli in the commune of Greve right in the centre of the Chianti Classico zone. In 1996 h...
The vines are at an altitude of 500 metres which is ideal for the making of finessed elegant wines of power and longevity. Equally important the vineyards have an average of 70 years and the eponymous Il Carbonaione vineyard of 5 hectares was planted in the decade after the Great War with the ancient Sangiovese clone of Lamole which is unique to these hills. The soil is galestro - the classic calcareous clay- which is the perfect medium for Sa...
Producing wine is a peasant art, made up of patience and foresight of imaging the vineyard before planting the young vines and preparing for them a welcoming place, one where they will feel at home and live for many years, accompanied by the love, the care, and the patience of a special person: the grower-producer
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Vittorio Fiore was born at Fortezza in the province of Bolzano and lived the years of his childhood in this spot, in full contact with the natural beauties which surrounds this marvellous area, an experience which perhaps inspired his decision to dedicate his studies to agriculture and the natural world. |
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