Podere Il Castellaccio: new ratings by Vinum

Podere Il Castellaccio: new ratings by Vinum.
TOP of Toskana 2026: Gold and Silver Medal for the beautiful wines of this historic winery from Bolgheri.

BOLGHERI SUPERIORE DOC
IL CASTELLACCIO
2022

Grape variety: Cabernet Franc, Pugnitello
Climate: the area enjoys a temperate climate with very long summers that offer excellent exposure during the daytime. The winter is quite mild.
Training system: spur pruning system
Fermentation: the fermentation takes place by means of indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks temperature controlled with a maceration on the skins from 45 to 50 days.
Aging: after racking the wine is kept in French oak barriques for 12 months and in amphorae of ceramic composition for further 12 months. After bottling further ageing in bottles for at least 6 months.

TOSCANA IGT
SOMATICO
2023

Grape variety: Pugnitello
Climate: the area enjoys a temperate climate with very long summers that offer excellent exposure during the daytime. The winter is quite mild.
Training system: Guyot system
Fermentation: In cement tanks, with a skin maceration for approximately two weeks.
Ageing: 12 months in 5hl French barrels, followed by further ageing in bottles for at least 12 months after bottling.

TOSCANA IGT
DINOSTRO
2023

Grape variety: Sangiovese
Climate: the area enjoys a temperate climate with very long summers that offer excellent exposure during the daytime. The winter is quite mild.
Training system: spur pruning system
Fermentation: Takes place with indigenous yeasts in Slovenian oak barrels, with the addition of 5% grape-stalks, and maceration on the skins for about two weeks.
Ageing: After racking, the wine is kept in oak barrels. Further ageing in bottles for 6 months.

ORGANIC WINE

TOSCANA IGT
VALÉNTE
2022

Grape variety: Sangiovese, Pugnitello, Foglia Tonda
Climate: the area enjoys a temperate climate with very long summers that offer excellent exposure during the daytime. The winter is quite mild.
Training system: spur pruning and Guyot system
Fermentation: Separate for each grape variety, using indigenous yeasts in Slovenian oak barrels with a two-week skin maceration.
Ageing: 12 months in oak barrels after blending (post-racking), followed by further ageing after bottling.
Cork: Diam cork used to avoid possible cork taint.

COSTA ROSCANA IGT
ARDIGLIONE
2024

Grape variety: Vermentino
Climate: the area enjoys a temperate climate with very long summers that offer excellent exposure during the daytime. The winter is quite mild.
Training system: Guyot system
Fermentation: Hand-picked bunches are de-stemmed, crushed, pressed, slow decanted and fermented in steel tanks at controlled temperature with selected yeasts.
Ageing: A small selection of grapes is cryomacerated and fermented in French oak barriques, maturing sur lies until the blend with wine in stainless steel. The main volume is aged sur lies for four months in stainless steel. The final blend is filtered and bottled by the beginning of the Spring following harvest.

The producer:

An historic Estate

The passion of one man marks the beginning of the history of Podere Il Castellaccio. In the 1960s, Luigi Corradini, the maternal grandfather of current owner Alessandro Scappini, found an estate of 18 hectares on the hills of Castagneto Carducci. The area is Bolgheri, a place that was not yet world famous and had nothing to recommend it other than the essence of the land and the potential it had to produce great wine.
To plant his first vineyards Luigi was only able to use grapes that were native to the Chianti and Scansano area. Thus were Pugnitello, Foglia Tonda, Sangiovese planted – just a few hectares, native wine varieties and a small wine cellar. Over the years, the management of the estate gradually transitioned into the hands of his son Roberto.

However, it was only in 2009 that the winery Podere Il Castellaccio was founded by Alessandro Scappini, the third generation in charge of the estate.
Alessandro Scappini, born and raised in Bolgheri, decided indeed to work with a 60 years old family vineyard planted with ancient varieties. In the meantime he also starts growing the signature grapes of the DOC and makes his debut on the market with its first Bolgheri wine with the vintage 2015. His path inside the DOC is completed in the vintage 2018 when his Bolgheri Superiore Il Castellaccio is born and it was released for the first time on the market at the begin of 2021.

Podere Il Castellaccio is situated in Castagneto Carducci, across the seaward side of Segalari Hills, at an altitude of 194 meters a.s.l.
Due to its geographic position, the vineyards enjoy a Mediterranean climate, with more solar radiations, a better thermal excursion and a higher ventilation.

Not only Bolgheri

“A sip from the past, while looking to the future” is the catchphrase used by this highly-manicured Bolgheri winery.

The family passion and the expertise added by the winemaker Attilio Pagli have the aim to tell the story of the region through the salvaging of ancient varieties that are inextricably linked to the tradition of Tuscan wine, specifically in the area of Bolgheri.

The older vineyards, occupying more than 2 hectares, are planted with Tuscan natives Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo, Foglia Tonda and Pugnitello.

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