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Fattoria Carpineta Fontalpino

Castelnuovo Berardenga · Siena (SI)
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Established
1967
Italo Cresti
Yearly production
Location
Castelnuovo Berardenga
Siena (SI) · Toscana
Vineyard area
About 27 hectares of vineyard on the Montaperti hill in the south of Chianti Classico, farmed organically; Sangiovese with Merlot, Cabernet and Petit Verdot

Appellations

Chianti ClassicoChianti DOCG

History

Italo Cresti set the estate up as a business in 1967 on the historic Montaperti hill at Castelnuovo Berardenga, on winemaking roots reaching back to the nineteenth century.

His children Gioia, the winemaker, and Filippo run it today, farming about twenty-seven hectares organically for the Chianti Classico and single-vineyard reds.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Carpineta Fontalpino Chianti Classico
Chianti Classico · Sangiovese
Organic Sangiovese of the Montaperti hill.
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