Azienda Agricola Campochiarenti

Azienda Agricola Campochiarenti is a 50-hectare estate, including 14 hectares of vineyards that grow all the grapes used to produce Campochiarenti wines. Vines are between 10 and 40 years old. One of the most important works done in vineyards is to keep as healthy as possible all the vines to maintain the high-quality level of the wines produced. This is the reason why vines are not explanted but treated and replaced when dead, so it is possible to ensure a high quality of the grapes produced although the quantity is low. Summarizing the result is low production but high concentration and typicalness of the grapes that are easily recognizable in the estate's wines.

The production philosophy of Campochiarenti is by now delineated: quality grows in the vineyard. This is why work in the field is essential to produce excellent wines. The growth of the vines is strictly related to the climate, to the water availability, to the sun, and to the chemical elements available in the soil that feed the vines. For this reason, we decided to stop chemical weeding more than 25 years ago; all the weeds are mechanically or manually removed. The soil is naturally balanced without using poisons. If something is not in the soil cannot be in the grapes, nor the wine. The wine produced is healthier and more natural. Although it is still impossible to get healthy grapes without using treatments against their diseases, it is possible to minimize the treatment number, at the same time minimizing the effect on the wine. Campochiarenti’s approach is based on ancestral rural wisdom, joined to modern scientific research, to obtain grapes with traditional flavors.