Rocca di Montegrossi

Marco Ricasoli Firidolfi leads Rocca di Montegrossi near Monti in Chianti, in the Gaiole area. His family’s history includes Bettino Ricasoli, the nineteenth-century statesman whose work helped shape Chianti wine. Around San Marcellino, the roughly one-hundred-hectare property includes about twenty hectares of vines, mainly on south- and southeast-facing slopes.

The team harvests by hand into small baskets, making several passes through the rows to select fruit as it ripens. Sangiovese is the principal grape, joined by Canaiolo, Pugnitello and smaller plantings of international varieties.