Montenidoli, Vernaccia di San Gimigniano Fiore, 2024 CS20230815 When Tegan Passalacqua bought Kirschenmann

When Tegan Passalacqua bought Kirschenmann Vineyard in 2012

4 hectares planted in 2003 on marly soils at 190-220 meters

Enzo Tiezzi’s 2021 Rosso di Montalcino “Poggio Cerrino” offers a lively and approachable expression of Sangiovese

planted to Cabernet Sauvignon in 1964—one of the oldest Cabernet plantings in Sonoma

There’s ripe plum and black cherry at the core

Montenidoli, Vernaccia di San Gimigniano Fiore, 2024 CS20230815 When Tegan Passalacqua bought KirschenmannHigh in the hills above San Gimignano, Elisabetta Fagiuoli has spent decades championing Vernaccia, Tuscany's great native white, through organic farming and an unhurried, hands off approach. Fiore is her purest expression: made entirely from free run juice with no skin contact, fermented and aged at length on the lees in stainless steel. That gentle handling makes it the lightest and most delicate of her Vernaccia bottlings, all clarity and lift.