Fattoria di Montechiari
Montecarlo · Lucca (LU)
Established
1982
Moreno Panattoni and Catherine Pirmez Panattoni
Yearly production
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Location
Montecarlo
Lucca (LU) · Toscana
Vineyard area
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About 23 hectares of vineyard and olive on steep, luminous alluvial slopes at Montecarlo, planted to French varieties — Chardonnay, Semillon, Pinot Nero, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and above all Cabernet Sauvignon — alongside Sangiovese
Appellations
Costa Toscana IGTMontecarlo DOCToscano o Toscana IGT
History
Fattoria di Montechiari stands on an old military fortress at Montecarlo, near Lucca, where documents record wine since the 1300s. Moreno Panattoni and his wife Catherine Pirmez Panattoni restored the property, restructuring the vineyards in the late 1970s and bottling their own wine from 1982.
Across about twenty-three hectares of steep alluvial slopes, farmed organically since 2008, the estate works French varieties — Chardonnay, Semillon, Pinot Nero, Cabernet Franc and Merlot — with particular devotion to Cabernet Sauvignon, alongside Sangiovese.
Wines
Illustrative selectionCabernet
The estate's signature, a benchmark Lucchese Cabernet.
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Grapes of these appellations
- Trebbiano Toscano
- Semillon
- Pinot Grigio
- Pinot Bianco
- Vermentino
- Sauvignon
- Roussanne
- Sangiovese
- Canaiolo Nero
- Merlot
- Syrah
- Ciliegiolo
- Colorino
- Malvasia Nera di Lecce
Who else makes these wines
- Costa Toscana IGT115 others
- Montecarlo DOC10 others
- Toscano o Toscana IGT202 others