Diego Finocchi purchased this small, 12 acre, vineyard in 2006 at age 24, before he’d even finished his final exams at winemaking school. The vines were older than he was – planted in 1967 – and were already naturally low-yielding on their poor clay and sand soils and 430 meter elevation. And they dropped further as he revitalized the vineyard by converting to 100% organic farming, certified since 2015. Dave met Diego by chance at the Chiantio Classico Antiprima in Florence and, after tasting around the room, realized that Diego and his vineyard were special and would be a perfect fit for us. The rest, as they say, is history. Production here is tiny- less than 1200 cases produced and less than 200 cases in the USA.
