Castello di Fosini is an establishment of special, sentimental value to Marchese Piero Antinori. The winery was created in an enchanting setting, the “Natural reserve of Cornate and Fosini “, not far from the castle it was named after. Castle’s first written record dates back to 1135. In the mid-50s of the last century, young Marchese Piero often visited with his friend Xavier Bulgarini d’Elci, whose family owned the Montingegnoli farm, near Fosini: “In those times we enjoyed hunting, so we often visited Fosini, an area renown and famous for rich wild life.”
Those visits were dreamlike; as much as for the beauty of the surroundings, of the fascinating castle on the rocks, of these ravines, so, we always stopped there ( … ) ” The wines of Castello di Fosini tell the story of a secret green area where both crop and animals live and breed easily. It is a story of memory, respect and appreciation for the celebration of a beautiful site, with its metalliferous hills, where even the results obtained in the vineyard are extraordinary.
CASTELLO DI FOSINI
Fosini castle is an establishment of special, sentimental value to Marchese Piero Antinori. The winery was created in an enchanting setting, the “Natural reserve of Cornate and Fosini “, not far from the castle it was named after. Castle’s first written record dates back to 1135. In the mid-50s of the last century, young Marchese Piero often visited with his friend Xavier Bulgarini d’Elci, whose family owned the Montingegnoli farm, near Fosini: “In those times we enjoyed hunting, so we often visited Fosini, an area renown and famous for rich wild life.”
Those visits were dreamlike; as much as for the beauty of the surroundings, of the fascinating castle on the rocks, of these ravines, so, we always stopped there ( … ) ” The wines of Castello di Fosini tell the story of a secret green area where both crop and animals live and breed easily. It is a story of memory, respect and appreciation for the celebration of a beautiful site, with its metalliferous hills, where even the results obtained in the vineyard are extraordinary.
