Elia’s property is in the heart of a wild Tuscan forested area in Southwestern Montalcino. On just 17 acres (7 total hectares), Elia Palazessi is the first to produce wine for commercial sale from his family’s 100-year-old estate which previously operated as a livestock and cereal farm. Vines were previously used for generations for family wine consumption only. The soils are rich in clay with sand and stone for good drainage. Elia manages to obtain the very best from these alluvial soils, creating concentrated wines suitable for long aging. The area’s climate characteristics require careful thinning of bunches and very attentive canopy management as the grapes ripen, to protect them against the intense sunlight and the winds that blow in from the sea. Elia carries out these operations himself completely by hand.

100% Sangiovese./ ABV 14.5%.