Tenuta di Capezzana

Two Delicious Arrivals from Carmignano's Flagship Estate

“This was a truly inspiring range with the 1931 (yes, 1931) in great condition.”
Jancis Robinson, Capezzana of Carmignano – 2004 back to 1931. www.jancisrobinson.com

“Count Ugo Contini Bonacossi, now in his 70’s, is undoubtedly one of the most significant figures in Tuscan and indeed Italian viticulture of the twentieth century.” Nicolas Belfrage, Brunello to Zibbibo

Carmignano is today one of Tuscany’s most exciting, up and coming wine regions. Distanced from the maddening bustle of Chianti Classico, the Tenuta di Capezzana is the vanguard Estate in this small zone west of Florence, specialising in wines of ineffable elegance and style. Befitting Capezzana’s rich tapestry of history, this fourth generation Estate is still very much the fiefdom of the Contini Bonacossi family. With numerous offspring and siblings spread throughout the Estate and the spritely patriarch Ugo still very much at the helm, Capezanna can be said, (paraphrasing the Gambero Rosso), to embody an excellent example of how affective family management can be.
 
Because of its tiny size, Carmignano is one of Tuscany’s least known regions, and yet it has a long history of quality wine production. A parchment contract held in the Florence State Archives, dated 804 AD, reveals that vines and olives were cultivated at Capezzana’s from as early as 1200 years ago. The region was recognised by Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, as one of the superior wine producing areas of Tuscany and granted special legal protections in 1716. It was granted DOC status in 1975, and was upgrade to DOCG in 1990. Today the Capezzana Estate has approximately 100 hectares of vineyards and 140 planted to olive groves. In stylistic terms the wines of Carmignano can seem tenser and more energetically fragrant than their... learn more