About Winery and Wines
The Tuscan landscape is ‘par excellence’ a series of views from the Val d’Orcia: it was also given an award on the UNESCO heritage list in 2004. Here the land itself becomes a concept, a lifestyle, a living breath that throughout the centuries has seen man reproducing on this ground the perfect proportions and the harmonies of the Italian Renaissance. Within the highly prestigious wine-growing districts of Montalcino, Montepulciano and Pienza there is a line that runs between the small medieval villages of Petroio and Castelmuzio: halfway up this road, beside the chapel of the Madonna del Parto with its cypress trees, begins one of those white tracks, which trace the Tuscan countryside . This is the road that leads to the entrance of Podere Albiano. Images which overlap, changing, twisting, shimmering: the same place but a different season. Just like the wines which share their birth in this land. The plants, the vineyards and the wineries are there, but every year there’s something different: men and events are the unpredictable elements that make out of each individual bottle something which is unique and never repeatable. This is the terroir. Some use the Latin term of ‘genius loci’, but we think of it like the wine’s sixth sense,: the location and formation, the climate, the grape varieties, and moreover the constant labour in the vineyard and in the wine cellar... all of these elements together are what makes THIS wine different from any other wine in the world. And this is what inspires us, and drives to bring this wine to you.
Podere Albiano as it looks today was created in 2002. It is located at 400 mt. above sea level and its microclimate is positively influenced by the draughts created by the vicinity of Mount Amiata and by being on the edger of two valleys (The Val d’Orcia and the Val di Chiana): thanks to this position we enjoy mild rainfalls, a good temperature range between night and day and constant winds. The vineyard measures 4 hectares (about 10 acres), and the grapes are grown with the spurred cordon training system, with a density of 6250 plants/hectare. The soil is medium-textured, with a mixture of sandy and clayey ground - which allows good drainage of the water - and lies with an East-West exposure of the plants: all excellent ingredients for the growth of the species we have chosen in accordance with these premises: Sangiovese Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot The health of the vineyard depends on the attention and the care we pay to it every day. Each moment of the year is dedicated to precise activities; this allows the grapes to reach a balanced concentration of all the elements that will be involved in the wine-making process, once the fruits mature.