Castello Monsanto

After spending some time in northern Italy, Aldo Bianchi returned to his native region, Tuscany, and looking out from the terrace of the Monsanto Castle to admire the surrounding landscape of Val d'Elsa and San Gimignano, he was so fascinated to decide to buy the property in 1961. The castle was sold to his son Fabrizio, on the occasion of the wedding with his future wife Giuliana, who had an intense passion for wine that led him to the decision to plant new vineyards and renovate the farmhouses .

Confident in the value that the territory had, Fabrizio vinified the grapes of the Il Poggio vineyard for the first time within the appellation, giving life in 1962 to the Primo Cru del Chianti Classico. A series of innovations and experiments followed that led him to explore the intrinsic potential of the grape that for him represented the "true wealth of this land", Sangiovese: the challenge was to obtain a complex and balanced wine, rich in extract, in able to withstand long periods of aging, thanks to the favorable climate and soil conditions, temperature and water variations offered by the territory. To the third generation of whites, his daughter Laura hands down the identity, recognizability and pleasantness of the wines conceived by her father, transforming her revolutionary choices into a solid tradition.