Poggerino
Piero Lanza is one of Chianti's greatest young ambassadors. A qualified oenologist, a very competent agronomist and a brilliant winemaker, his wines have improved immeasurably over the past few vintages. Located in the heart of Chianti Classico district the estate consists of 106 acres of vineyards, olive groves and woodlands. The winery is one of the properties of a large estate which used to belong to Prince Ginori Conti, a descendant of one of Florence's oldest families. Floriana Ginori Conti inherited the winery from her father in the 1970s, and began in 1980 to produce a Chianti Classico with the "Poggerino" label.
In 1999 she handed over the property to her two children, Piero and Benedetta Lanza, who had been managing it since 1988. Only 11 hectares are planted with vines, almost all of which are Sangiovese. Piero is a passionate agronomist, firmly of the opinion that the work he does in the vineyard reflects not only in the quality of his wines, but the individual 'terroir' of their property, and to this end is now working completely biodynamically. Planted on clay and 'galestro' soils his wines are marked by minerality, acidity and bright fruit. Biodynamic and certified organic.
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Chianti Tuscany Italy
Poggerino's 'Labirinto' Sangiovese is a declassified Chianti Classico by choice, as it comes from the younger vines on the estate. In all other respects it is made in the same style, with just a shorter period of ageing in oak. Full of crisp and bright fruit this is a lovely young Chianti.
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Chianti Tuscany Italy
One hundred percent Sangiovese, and aged only in used oak barrels, this has all the usual hallmarks of Poggerino, with rich concentration of fruit, pronounced minerality, and very precise flavours which give extraordinary length. This is a wine built both for the medium term and most definitely for drinking with a fat, juicy, grilled steak.
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New season extra virgin olive oil from Poggerino's Radda in Chianti estate. Green and vibrant with rich peppery aromatic flavours. Frantoio, Leccino and Moraiolo.
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Chianti Tuscany Italy
Magnums
From Piero's oldest and best exposed vineyard, Bugialla, comes the Riserva, and what a great wine it is in the 2006 vintage. Immediately more flattering than the very serious and tightly wound 2004, this has layers of bright, rich fruit and crunchy tannins, rounded by a soft note of oak. An awesome Sangiovese.