Ready for the new Vernaccia San Gimignano by Tenuta Torciano?
The countdown for the Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2017 is on. Spring has begun and in just a few days everything will be ready for the bottling of the new production. So, we can’t wait to let you taste our new product.
We are particularly excited and impatient to see our bottles arrive in your hands because, even after the first climatic difficulties of the 2017 harvest, the final product is truly surprising, balanced, with great quality.
What’s new
The 2017 harvest was not just very hot, but was also preceded by a “spring frost” that contributed to an important decrement in production. The succession of hot years, however, has taught us how to behave in these situations and thanks to the Vernaccia grape that holds stress very well, we can say that we were really surprised, positively. Leaving aside for a moment the aromatic component, perhaps slightly penalized by what was said above, the first surprising thing is the structure and freshness. But the most special thing is the balance that this wine already has, a special thing for the future of Vernaccia 2017 that will be an incredibly fresh product with an excellent body.
Although it will be convenient to let this fresh wine in the bottle for a few months to start appreciating it completely during the hot summer, we are sure that our new Vernaccia will give you wonderful sensations.
Loyalty Program: by purchasing the new Vernaccia by Tenuta Torciano (pre-order here now) you can earn loyalty points which can be exchanged for discounts and savings. But spending alone isn’t the only way you’ll be rewarded for your support, as you can earn extra points in others simple ways such as referring friends to our site.
We hope you’ll come to visit us when our Vernaccia will be ready and we can’t wait to see you there to taste our proper white wine along with all our products.
Author
Luciana Cilemmi
Luciana Cilemmi, deals with Magazine, Style Director and Co-founder of Tenuta Torciano winery and Tenute Giachi wines and the innovative Viviarium Restaurant of Bottega Torciano- Tenuta Torciano & Winery is part of an international reality that is born in Italy by an initiative of Pierluigi Giachi and Luciana Cilemmi, who have worked for years in the Italian wine market , expanding throughout in the United States, managed and controlled by the american company ' Bellavini winery. Luciana Cilemmi was born in San Gimignano to a family of artists specialised in the restoration of medieval buildings. Having completed her technical studies, she now pursues the interests passed on to her by her family, like her passion for artistic objects, in particular works of art created in Tuscany between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. But she reserves her keenest enthusiasm for the historic works completed in San Gimignano between 1100 and 1300. Alongside her love of medieval history, she is fascinated in wines produced from Tuscan vineyards, which, together with saffron and wool, were the most sought-after goods traded by the wealthy noble families of San Gimignano already in medieval times. Luciana Cilemmi left San Gimignano at the age of 21 and embarked on a pilgrimage in search of knowledge and to discover the new winemaking skills and products that were then developing both in Italy and in France. In the meantime she added to her knowledge of wine by attending specialised courses and becoming a master of wine. On returning to Siena, she discovered a wonderful area near Murlo where she fell in love with the tiny, unspoilt village of Montepescini. She bought the estate of Montepescini where, based on the experience she had acquired over the years, she found a particular lie of the land, special climatic conditions and an altitude suited to the creation of great wines. With enormous enthusiasm, doggedness and considerable effort, a reclamation programme was started to renew the terrain which was then used to plant 30 hectares of specialised vines. Sangiovese is the dominant vine, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Years of experimentation and the introduction of new winemaking techniques eventually led to the creation of Luciana di Memmi’s prestigious wines. Some years ago, Luciana Cilemmi succeeded in realising her dream of a lifetime: to return to her home town, San Gimignano. She was destined to buy the historic palace with the medieval tower, which had been owned by the prestigious Useppi family from 1200 to 1927 and had then passed to the noble and historic Chigi family of Siena. The Useppi were a powerful Sienese family who owned several castles. This beautiful medieval building has an elegant and distinctive façade full of Sienese and Pisan architectural influences. If you find yourself in San Gimignano, make sure you visit the Chigi Tower and Palace. Luciana Cilemmi holds regular events in the rooms of the medieval tower, such as the presentation of wines, both from her vineyards and elsewhere, attended by international journalists, experts from the sector and critics. She also organises exhibitions of works of art and paintings, and press conferences on the subject of "Wine in San Gimignano during medieval times”. Visiting the home of Luciana Cilemmi is like re-living an aspect of the past that will not return except through the imagination of those who have believed and continue to believe in this story.
