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Rocca di Montegrossi's cellars have been designed to allow Marco Ricasoli-Firidolfi and Attilio Pagli, the consulting enologist with whom he works, to handle the grapes from the estate's vineyards in the best possible, eco-sustainable manner.

In keeping with the organic cultivation of the vineyards, the cellars are environmentally friendly; some of the energy necessary to run them is produced by solar panels on the roof, while the remainder is exclusively from renewable sources (per the RECS international certification).

From a functional standpoint the cellar is designed to preserve the quality of the grapes, and to do this draws on both tradition and the best of modern viticulture, from the horizontal destemmer to the glass-lined cement tanks, to the upright conical Allier oak vats with temperature control and computer-governed pneumatic plungers for punch downs.

The wines are aged in oak casks and in barriques; the kinds and proportions of wood used are tailored to the wines and the vintages.

Finally, the winery's crown jewel is the vinsantaia, located in a well-ventilated space up under the rafters. Here, in an airy 90-square meter room 160 nets hang from the ceiling, upon which bunches of grapes are hung, and inspected every 10 days until they finish drying in the February of the year following the harvest. What little must emerges when they are pressed goes into very small casks made from a variety of woods.

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Rocca di Montegrossi
Località Monti in Chianti - San Marcellino 53013 Gaiole in Chianti • Siena • Italia
tel. +39 0577 747977 fax +39 0577 747836
roccadimontegrossi@chianticlassico.com