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!["Cremisi" Rosato Toscana IGT 2024 (BIO)]()
“Cremisi” Rosato Toscana IGT 2024 (BIO)
Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara is not only clearly ahead of the game with the famous Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the family winery also proves this with its Rosato Cremisi. A tantalising and captivating nose of dried orange peel, flowers, ginger and nectarine. Soft and supple on the palate, yet very dynamic and full of energy with citrus fruit, peppery herbs and green melon. The drinking flow is enormous, the salty tension combined with a subtle tangerine note provides plenty of fun, excitement and freshness. SUPERIORE.DE
- Grape variety: 100% Sangiovese
- Cultivation: biological
- Maturation: 7 months cement tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: Nomacorc
- Total extract: 27,23 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,05 g/l
- Residual sugar: 1,54 g/l
- Sulfite: 76 mg/l
- pH value: 3,36
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑006
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contains sulphites - Nutritional Information per 100 ml
- Energy in kcal: 77 kcal
- Energy in kJ: 322 kJ
- Carbohydrates: 1,90 g
- Of which sugar: 1,90 g
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!["Selvabianca" Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2025 (BIO)]()
“Selvabianca” Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2025 (BIO)
In 1966, Vernaccia di San Gimignano became the first wine in Italy to be awarded DOC status. This was followed by DOCG status in 1993. A long history for a grape variety whose name derives from "vernacolo", meaning "local" or "native to the area": A grape so deeply intertwined with a place that it bears its name. Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara is situated on the San Donato hill, at an altitude of 250 to 360 metres, on sandy soils rich in stones and fossilised marine organisms: a fossilised sea beneath the Tuscan sky. Organically farmed, 5,000 vines per hectare, hand-harvested in the third week of September.
- Grape variety: 100% Vernaccia
- Cultivation: biological
- Maturation: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 8‑10 °C
- Storage potential: 2029+
- Closure: Nomacorc
- Food recommendations
sea bass carpaccio, deep‑fried seafood, light pasta, roast chicken - Total extract: 22,58 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,97 g/l
- Residual sugar: 1,59 g/l
- Sulfite: 77 mg/l
- pH value: 3,36
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑006
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contains sulphites - Nutritional Information per 100 ml
- Energy in kcal: 76 kcal
- Energy in kJ: 318 kJ
- Carbohydrates: 1,80 g
- Of which sugar: 1,80 g
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!["Campo della Pieve" Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2023 (BIO)]()
“Campo della Pieve” Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2023 (BIO)
The Campo della Pieve vineyard (approx. 380 metres above sea level) faces south-west and has thicker soils and more tufa. The most recent parcel, which was recently acquired, is the highest to date at 400 metres above sea level. The site is more susceptible to wind and has good water retention thanks to the heavier clay soils.
- Grape variety: 100% Vernaccia
- Cultivation: biological
- Maturation: 18‑20 months cement tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 10‑12 °C
- Storage potential: 2030+
- Closure: Nomacorc
- Food recommendations
tagliatelle with chanterelles - Total extract: 23,87 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,85 g/l
- Residual sugar: 1,52 g/l
- Sulfite: 77 mg/l
- pH value: 3,40
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑006
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contains sulphites
!["Campo della Pieve" Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2024 (BIO)]()
“Campo della Pieve” Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2024 (BIO)
The Via Francigena was the great pilgrimage route of the Middle Ages, running from Canterbury to Rome. It passed through San Gimignano, and those travelling along it would also stop to rest at the small Romanesque Pieve di San Donato – a church around which a medieval village had once gathered, before time and history caused it to disperse. The church remained. And at some point, the brothers Giampiero and Stefano, together with their father Mario, bought this Pieve and the surrounding land. They set up their first cellar in the old sacristy.
- Grape variety: 100% Vernaccia
- Cultivation: biological
- Maturation: 18‑20 months cement tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 10‑12 °C
- Storage potential: 2032+
- Closure: Nomacorc
- Food recommendations
tuna tartare, risotto with porcini mushrooms, legume soups, semi‑mature goat’s cheese, pasta with seafood - Total extract: 22,97 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,79 g/l
- Residual sugar: 1,48 g/l
- Sulfite: 78 mg/l
- pH value: 3,38
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑006
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contains sulphites - Nutritional Information per 100 ml
- Energy in kcal: 76 kcal
- Energy in kJ: 318 kJ
- Carbohydrates: 1,80 g
- Of which sugar: 1,80 g
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!["L'Albereta" Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva DOCG 2023 (BIO)]()
“L’Albereta” Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva DOCG 2023 (BIO)
The vineyard is called Racciano. Armando Castagno, Italy's leading Vernaccia expert, has carried out thorough research: the name can be traced back to "Fundus Rasianus" – land of the Rasini, a people of Etruscan origin. 2.5 hectares, east-facing, planted exclusively with Vernaccia. The Racciano plot is the sole source of L'Albereta – gran Riserva, the highest expression permitted by the Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG. The brothers Giampiero and Stefano, together with their father Mario, who still oversees the work in the vineyard today, have nevertheless decided to treat this wine differently from all the others there. And there aren't many of them.
- Grape variety: 100% Vernaccia
- Cultivation: biological
- Maturation: 18 months, 70/30 wooden cask/concrete tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 12‑14 °C
- Storage potential: 2034+
- Closure: Nomacorc
- Food recommendations
tagliolini with saffron, rabbit in vernaccia sauce, oven‑baked fish - Total extract: 24,22 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,78 g/l
- Residual sugar: 1,65 g/l
- Sulfite: 77 mg/l
- pH value: 3,35
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑006
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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In the region around the imposing towers of the medieval town of San Gimignano, oenologist Alessio Logi has dedicated himself to what is probably Tuscany's most famous white wine. Vernaccia di San Gimignano is one of the oldest white wines in Italy, mentioned in records dating back to 1276 and in Dante's Divine Comedy. This white wine is therefore characterised by a centuries-old history of great storage potential and complex flavour aromas.
The Tuscan Vernaccia grape variety, which however should not be confused with the red Vernatsch from South Tyrol, captivates with a great expressive potential, through which it shows how the territory and its cultivation affect the taste. The young winemaker was inspired by his father Mario to extract the complex flavours of this white variety from his vineyards in an environmentally friendly way.
In a region as famous for red wine as Tuscany, Alessio has been passionately pressing his highly awarded Vernaccia white wines at his Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara winery since 2002. He is assisted in the cellar by his older brothers Giampiero and Stefano, while their eighty-something father Mario still sets the pace in the vineyards.
"My father taught me that the vines are a reflection of the soil and that you can improve the quality in the cellar, but not change it," Alessio tells us in conversation. That is why the clayey soils of his vineyards have been cultivated only according to organic guidelines from day one. Since working closely with the gifted oenologist Nicola Berti, the winemaker has also been working with much shorter maceration times, bringing out the fruity, spicy taste of the Vernaccia grape and its typically fine, tart almond note much more precisely.
What impresses us most about this family-run winery is the combination of the father's many years of experience and the contemporary awareness of the three sons to dedicate themselves to their Vernaccia production with respect for the environment - which is undoubtedly reflected in the great personality, structure and storability of their organic white wines.
From the refreshingly fruity Selvabianca, fermented in stainless steel, Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara's portfolio ranges to creamier, richer versions such as the powerful single-vineyard Campo alla Pieve or the 25-hectolitre barrel-aged Riserva Albereta. This diversity does credit to the history and reputation of this ancient white wine from San Gimignano and is a guarantee of uncompromising top quality. SUPERIORE.DE
Facts
- Year founded: 2001
- Owner: Alessio Logi
- Oenologist: Alessio Logi
- Consultant: Nicola Berti
- Annual production: approx. 100,000 bottles
- Vineyard: approx. 22 hectares
- Organic viticulture