After 37 years, the annually changing artist labels and wrapping papers that have graced Casanuova di Nittardi Chianti Classico represent a “who’s who” of the art world. Painters, sculptors and poets – including some Nobel Prize winners – have honored the winery year after year, thus continuing a centuries-old tradition that harks back to the …
Mainly because of a wet and cool May harvest started this year about 10 days later than normal. A dry summer guarantied healthy grapes and we started to pick Merlot in Maremma on the 5th of September followed shortly after by Roussanne. We planted this mediterranean white grape variety in our Maremma vineyard only in …
Like every year Steven Spurrier, the famous British Wine journalist, visited us for the annual tasting of the new wines, and these are the comments: Wines from Barrels 2018s. Chianti Classico from Peter’s foudre. [A 3500 liter Garbelotto Barrel made with French oak] Superb colour, good depth of rich fruit, still a bit raw. Chianti Classico …
For several days last week snow was falling at Nittardi, and we had a wonderful atmosphere here in Chianti: Luisa the cat didn’t know as well where to stay, the sculptures were all dressed in white, and the landscape around the winery was amazing. Our vineyards were all covered with snow and the air was …
Casanuova di Nittardi 2016 2016 follows the equally great 2015 vintage and fortunately we are not obliged to chose between one of them. 2016 is a classic warm, hedonistic vintage and can be compared to 2010 or 2006. At the time being the 2016s seem more open, round and ready to drink than their more …
Autumn is a beautiful moment to visit Chianti Classico and Nittardi. We look forward to have you here for a tour of the house and the sculpture garden and of course a wine tasting of Belcanto, Casanuova di Nittardi, Ad Astra and Nectar Dei. Please note that currently Nittardi Riserva Chianti Classico 750ml is sold …
Some interesting thoughts by the New York centric Punch magazine on the trend of lighter and fresher wines versus the opulenter and richer style that was so fashionable (and still is in many parts of the world) just a decade ago. The point here is not that one is “better” than the other but that …
Ad Astra 2015 is now available. 2015 is DOC Maremma because we continue to believe in this precious terroir that is still unjustifiable under the radar. In the beginning (middle of the 1990s?!) everybody thought Maremma is just a terroir to create commercial crowd pleaser following the trend at the time of New World wines, …
We are very happy with the 2017 harvest first of all because it is our first organic certificated vintage! In general 2017 will be remembered for being one of the hottest and especially driest growing seasons ever. Winter and spring were already extremely dry and from the middle of May we had and incredible hot …
2017 will be forever in our minds not only because Italy didn’t manage to qualify for the Football World Cup but also because we had one of the hottest and driest summers we can remember. Because of these extreme weather conditions we decided to pick earlier than usual even if this meant considerable less quantity …
