In 1999, Compagnia del Vino expanded its presence in Tuscany purchasing an estate of about 20 hectares in one of the zones with a long wine tradition and an enormous margin of improvement: the Maremma. This estate, located in the municipality of Magliano in Toscana, was named Grillesino (tanks to the river Grillese that flows in proximity of the Estate) and is focused on the production of Morellino di Scansano, the only Tuscan DOCG– together with Brunello di Montalcino – that can be produced only using Sangiovese in pureness. Thanks to our collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture of the Florence University and the institute of enologie de Bordeaux, we identified the agricultural techniques more suitable to the characteristics and to the needs of any single variety (especially for Sangiovese and Cabernet) in relation to climate and to soil of this captivating wine growing area of Tuscany.
Today we are focused on 3 different variety for reds: Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Ciliegiolo to produce our Morellino di Scansano DOCG, Morellino di Scansano Riserva DOCG and Ceccante, a “Toscana IGT” from Cabernet that – beyond the autochthonous ones like the Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo – can be considered the ultimate expressions of our terroir. All our wines are vinified with modern technology and does not undergo to any filtration treatment to keep unchanged and exalt the characteristics of the grapes. The Estate reaches totay an extension of around 40 hectares and the total production is 220.00 bottles per year.
GRILLESINO
Compagnia del Vino expanded its presence in Tuscany in 1999 purchasing an estate of about 20 hectares in one of the zones with a long wine tradition and an enormous margin of improvement : the Maremma. The estate, Grillesino, is located in the municipality of Magliano in Toscana, is focused on the production of Morellino di Scansano, the only Tuscan DOCG, along with Brunello di Montalcino, which can be produced using Sangiovese in pureness.
In collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture of the Florence University and the Institute of Enologie de Bordeaux, Compagnia had identified the agricultural techniques more suitable to the characteristics and to the needs of any single variety (especially for Sangiovese and Cabernet) in relation to climate and to soil of this captivating wine-growing area of Tuscany.
Today the production focuses on 3 different variety for reds: Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Ciliegiolo to produce our Morellino di Scansano DOCG, Morellino di Scansano Riserva DOCG and Ceccante, a “Toscana IGT” from Cabernet which may be the ultimate expressions of our terroir.
Apart from the reds, “Scalavite”, a white, is produced from Pinot Blanc and Viognier.In order to preserve the characteristics of the grapes unaltered, all of the wines are vinified with modern technology and do not undergo to any filtration treatments.
The Estate spreads out to around 40 hectares with a total production of 220.000 bottles per year.
