Pater Sangiovese
⏳ Drinking Window
2019 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic pasta dishes with tomato-based sauces, grilled poultry or pork loin, and medium-aged cheeses such as Pecorino Toscano.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Frescobaldi family represents over seven hundred years of Tuscan winemaking history, famously supplying wine to Renaissance masters like Donatello and the historic courts of Europe. 'Pater' is a vibrant, youthful tribute to Sangiovese, the undisputed patriarch grape of Tuscan viticulture. Sourced from estate vineyards across the sun-drenched hills of Tuscany, this Toscana IGT is crafted to emphasize freshness and immediate pleasure. Unlike its more muscular, heavily-wooded regional siblings, Pater undergoes fermentation and aging primarily in stainless steel tanks. This preservation-focused approach coaxes out the grape's signature bright red cherry, wild strawberry, and subtle floral aromas, supported by a crisp acidity and supple tannins that reflect the region's classic clay-limestone soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its viticultural origins to 1308, Marchesi Frescobaldi is an iconic Florentine noble dynasty that has shaped Tuscan winemaking across thirty generations. Spanning celebrated historical holdings—including Castello Nipozzano in Chianti Rùfina, Castello Pomino, Tenuta Castiglioni, CastelGiocondo in Montalcino, and the social viticulture initiative on the penal island of Gorgona—the family stewards diverse terroirs ranging from galestro-rich hills to cool-climate Apennine elevations. Frescobaldi practices certified sustainable viticulture under Tuscany's AgriQualità protocol, tailoring canopy management and soil stewardship to site-specific conditions. In the cellar, their philosophy honors regional typicity while embracing technical precision, vinifying with calibrated temperature control and aging across fine-grained oak barriques and traditional casks. The portfolio showcases an expansive spectrum of expressions: high-elevation Chardonnay and Pinot Nero in the pioneering Pomino Benefizio Riserva and Leonia Brut sparkling wines, mineral-driven Ansonica-Vermentino field blends from Gorgona, alongside age-worthy, structured Sangiovese icons such as Nipozzano Riserva and CastelGiocondo Brunello di Montalcino.