Riserva
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Tuscan Bistecca alla Fiorentina, slow-cooked wild boar ragù with pappardelle, or mature Pecorino Toscano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Frescobaldi family has been deeply intertwined with the history of Tuscan winemaking for over seven hundred years, famously trading wine for art with Renaissance masters like Donatello and supplying the royal courts of Europe. A Frescobaldi 'Riserva' represents the pinnacle of this enduring legacy, typically drawing from their historic estates such as Castello di Nipozzano in Chianti Rufina or CastelGiocondo in Montalcino. Crafted predominantly from the noble Sangiovese grape, often complemented by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, or traditional Tuscan blending partners, these wines undergo extended aging in oak barrels to develop complexity and structure. The terroir—characterized by high-altitude vineyards, clay-limestone soils, and dry, breezy microclimates—imparts a signature vibrant acidity, firm tannins, and deep notes of dark cherry, wild herbs, and elegant spice.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Sangiovese