For fans of more mature Montepulciano, “Santa Pia” is a safe bet. Wonderfully complex aromas with tobacco, cedar wood, licorice, leather and dried flowers. Full and voluminous, but well balanced with fresh acidity and firm and therefore not clumsy tannin. Long persistent with nice ripe notes.

Santa Pia comes from the 15-hectare vineyard located in the village of the same name on the crags below Montepulciano. The particular soil, rich in skeleton, sandy loam, panders to the family’s desire to create an elegant yet classic expression of Sangiovese, capable of conveying the great recognizability of the historic production area. The first vintage produced of Santa Pia was 2001.

Fermentation in steel tanks, aging in 500-liter wooden barrels.

La Braccesca Estate

La Braccesca covers 508 hectares where the former farm of the Bracci counts once stood, hence the name of the estate and its coat of arms: an arm covered in armor holding a sword. Since 1990 the Marchesi Antinori have owned the estate. The total area of the vineyards is 340 hectares divided into two bodies: the first, 366 hectares of which 237 are planted in vineyards is located on the border between the municipalities of Montepulciano and Cortona. The other plot, 142 hectares of which 103 are vineyards, stretches all the way to Montepulciano between three of the most renowned subzones for the production of great red wines: Cervognano, Santa Pia and Gracciano.