Chianti Classico
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Bistecca alla Fiorentina (grilled T-bone steak), rich pasta with wild boar rag'u, and aged Pecorino Toscano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
While Santa Margherita is globally renowned for its pioneering white wines, the producer has a historic and revered presence in Tuscany. Crafting classic Tuscan red wines, particularly from the high-altitude hills of the Chianti Classico zone, they focus on the noble Sangiovese grape. These wines are shaped by the region's signature 'galestro' clay-schist soils and dramatic diurnal temperature shifts, which impart vibrant acidity and elegant structure. The traditional winemaking process involves careful maceration and aging in oak casks, resulting in a red wine that beautifully balances bright red cherry fruit, wild herbs, and earthy undertones, carrying forward the rich legacy of Tuscan viticulture.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1935 by Count Gaetano Marzotto and named in tribute to his wife, Santa Margherita has grown into one of Italy's premier viticultural institutions. Marzotto transformed marshland and agricultural estates in eastern Veneto into a modern, integrated farming enterprise. In 1961, the house fundamentally redefined global white wine by vinifying Alto Adige Pinot Grigio entirely 'in bianco'—without must skin contact—yielding the crisp, refreshing, and clean alpine style that established a global standard. Today, under Technical Director Loris Vazzoler, Santa Margherita oversees a multi-regional estate network spanning Trentino-Alto Adige, the morainic terraces of Valdobbiadene, Lombardy, and Tuscany. Viticulture centers on certified eco-sustainability, solar-powered cellars, and biodiversity conservation certified under Biodiversity Friend protocols. Its portfolio is crowned by benchmark expressions, including the Valdadige Pinot Grigio, the single-vineyard 'Impronta del Fondatore', Rive di Refrontolo Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, and refined regional interpretations such as Stilrose and Chianti Classico.
🍇 Grapes
Sangiovese (min 80%), Canaiolo, Colorino, Cabernet Sauvignon