Fattoria Il Palagio Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Fattoria Il Palagio
Fattoria Il Palagio Vernaccia di San Gimignano
DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Vernaccia
12.5
Traditional
Tasting Notes
Citrus blossom, green apple, white peach and onto the palate the wine offers salinity and minerality (i.e. freshness and a pleasant after taste). The region was underwater a million years ago, and one still finds full sea shells scattered in the vineyards.
Cultivation
The soil is moved between rows for seeding of leguminous plants and grass essences through green manure. In this manner the chemical and physical characteristics of the soil are improved. Manual pruning and selection of gems to define the productive load are made during winter and spring.
Vinification
The vinification method used calls for very delicate treatment of the grapes at all stages, in order to bring out all of the grape’s fine primary aromas, as well as this typical Vernaccia’s qualities of freshness and concentration.
Aging
The wines are aged in steel tanks and French oak barriques.
The massive property of Fattoria Il Palagio dominates 126 hectares of hills between Volterra and San Gimignano, 95 of which are vineyards. The estate consists of three main vineyard sites: Cellini (growing Sangiovese and some Cabernet Sauvignon), Ginestrelle (growing Vernaccia), and Chioppaia (growing Chardonnay and some Sauvignon Blanc). The soil here is sandy clay, high in calcium deposits.
The property is situated 12 km from the famous medieval city of San Gimignano and 35 km from Siena. Il Palagio was formerly owned by the Marquis Matteucci Ramirez di Montalvo, descendant of a noble Spanish family who found fame and honor at the court of Lorenzo de’ Medici. It is now owned by the Zonin family, purchased in 1979 by Gaetano Zonin, and now run by the seventh generation of Zonin winemakers and viticulturists.
The main structural complex was built in the late 1700s on the foundations of an ancient military settlement from the 1300s. Though Fattoria Il Palagio employs thoroughly modern harvesting and winemaking methods, the property remains full of history and tradition, supported, quite literally, by early Etruscan and Roman settlements. Satisfying Tuscan wines can be challenging to find and offer at value prices but Fattoria Il Palagio exceeds the mark at every tier. They take great pride in the history of the land on which they stand and strive to produce traditional Tuscan wines worthy of such long-lived tradition.