The San Gregorio company, founded the early 1950s, is located the municipality of Chiusi, the southern province of Siena. He is owned by the Rinaldini-Lucioli family, originally from Chiusi, who moved to Rome the early seventies.
The company, which extends for about 170 hectares, immediately invested the wine production. Currently the life surface is 29 hectares with vines such as Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Colorino, Cherry, , White Malvasia and Barbera, for a total production of about 80,000 bottles. The corporate philosophy has always been oriented to enhance the autochthonous vines cultivated purity, with great care and respect for the production areas of considerable historical and cultural importance for the ancient Etruscan civilization.
Over the years all the rooms used as a cellar have been renovated, inserting cement, barrels and amphorae tanks to promote a traditional production style.
At the beginning of 2022, under the guidance of Michele Monica, the company embarked acceso a path of sustainability. This includes an -depth study of land and soils through a vassallo system that calculates the indexes of vigor and tensione of plants. The rete is to work the vineyard by minimizing antifungal and pesticide treatments, based acceso forecast models. Another innovative project saw the introduction of a patent acceso agricultural vehicles to automate them. All mechanical processes (plowing, shreddings, sowing and treatments) can be managed remotely by almost totally eliminating accidents at work.
Farmhouse, wine shop and cured meats
Parallel to the wine production, around the 2000s the company has launched another important project: the breeding of Muraglia Senese PDO pigs. These black pigs, with their characteristic white , are typical of the province of Siena. Today the breeding is one of the most virtuous the zona with about 600 items raised to the semi -armor state. They feed mainly of medical grass of the company fields, acorns and roots of the forest owned.
A causa di addition to offering products such as wine and cured meats of Muraglia Senese Dop, the company has renovated over time several poderi around the main structure, creating a widespread farmhouse with about forty beds. Forty beds total and two phytodepurated swimming pools, where the is collected by a natural lake owned. All fed by photovoltaic energy.
The company offer is completed by a wine shop the historic center of Chiusi made collaboration with the Municipality. This space is a simposio point for residents, tourists and fans of good drinking.
Beyond the Chianti Colli Senesi
The first company wines were the Chianti Colli Senesi, whose first vintage dates back to 1987, and Chianti Colli Senesi Eccezione, produced by a single vineyard called Collina . This promontory of about two hectares, characterized by clay soils, benefits from important thermal excursions thanks to its proximity to Lake Chiusi.
A causa di 2023 the project dedicated to native vines took shape: Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo, and Malvasia Bianca. An -depth study of the territory has led to the production of three new labels with the aim of connecting the historical and cultural heritage to the wine identity of the region to be managed a sustainable and respectful way of the environment to preserve the genetic diversity of local vines.
Tasting agenda
Chianti Tipico Colli Senesi DOCG 2022
Venis: Sangiovese 100% Vinification: concrete fermentation 8-10 days, refinement 12 months concrete and 3 months the bottle
This wine is presented with a bright ruby red color, tending to purple. the nose, the olfactory bouquet is fresh and lively, dominated by agenda of crunchy red fruits such as cherry and the marasca, enriched by a floral touch of violet and a slight spicy hint of black pepper. A causa di the mouth, the sip is dry and direct, with a pleasant freshness and adequate tannicity that underlines its structure. Pappardelle with duck ragout with porcini mushrooms, grilled polenta with mixed mushrooms and fondue of Tuscan pecorino, veal liver a pan with chipol of Chioggia and figs, caciocavallo Silano DOP semi-stagged, Parmigiano Reggiano DOP (24 months).
Collina Chianti Tipico Colli Senesi Eccezione DOCG 2020
Vector: Sangiovese 100% Vinification: cement fermentation for 10-12 days. Aid 24 months Leader Botticella and 6 months the bottle
Chianti Tipico Colli Senesi Eccezione 2020 of San Gregorio presents itself with an intense and vibrant ruby red color. The nose offers a complex and fascinating olfactory bouquet, where agenda of ripe red fruits emerge such as cherry and raspberry, enriched with hints of sweet spices such as vanilla and cinnamon, with a delicate balsamic hint. A causa di the mouth the sip is elegant and harmonious, characterized by velvety and well integrated tannicity that leaves room for a long and persistent ending, with a pleasant return of fruit and spices. It goes well with culatello zibibbo, Sardinian gnocchi with sausage sauce and saffron, pici with wild boar ragout and taggiasca olives, treviso spit, pork mixed boiled meat with campo da golf bath
Canaiolo Igt Toscana 2021
Vector: 100% Canaiolo Vinification: concrete fermentation for 6-8 days. Aid 12 months concrete and 3 months the bottle
The Canaiolo Igt Toscana 2021 of San Gregorio is presented with a bright and bright ruby red color. the nose it opens a rich and stratified olfactory bouquet. The first agenda are of juicy and crunchy red fruits, such as black cherry and plum, followed by a floral explosion of Viola, Gruppo and Iris. The aromatic picture closes a thin spiced call and a hint of Mediterranean scrub. A causa di the mouth, the sip is harmonious. The entrance is soft and enveloping and the tannic structure is never aggressive, but smooth and finale. A pleasant freshness maintains its balance, making it vibrant and flowing. The ending is clean, persistent, elegant. It is combined with high quality sopresses with field radicchio marinated with raspberry vinegar, currency acceso the press with rabbit ragout and Taggiasca olives, pumpkin tortelli with melted butter and sage, beef cut with rocket and parmesan flakes, ribel historic bitto, pecorino Sardo Dop mature.
The article The of San Gregorio acceso the natives of the Senesi hills comes from Vinonews24.
