San Gimignano, Siena
When two great families come together, you can expect great wine! And that's what makes the Cusona estate so renowned. Owned by the famous Guicciardini and Strozzi families, Cusona's wines have been lauded by popes and poets. The exceptional soil quality of the San Gimignano region, the warmth of the Tuscan sun, and the estate's pioneering agricultural practices have put Principi Guicciardini Strozzi's distinctive Chianti and Vernaccia in lights.
Villa "CUSONA’’, belonging to the Strozzi family, dates back to the year 994.
This wine is produced with Sangiovese, Cabernet and Merlot grapes, all from Villa Cusona-owned vineyards, are enriched by a small selection of other red grape varieties. Vini cation in still, with maceration on skins. Several months bottle ageing.
Lively and intense ruby red with a vinous, intense and fruity aroma and a dry, tasty, lively, lightly tannic flavour. Best served with red meats, cheeses and game.
Bright ruby red coloured wine. Intense and vinous on the nose, with aromas of red fruit and blackberries. Good structure with evident but elegant tannins and a lingeringly persistent finish.
Amber with rich and penetrating aroma reminiscent of hazelnuts and toasted almonds. A flavour smooth and moderately sweet with a pleasant, clean, and well-defined aftertaste.
Produced mainly with Sangiovese grapes, this Chianti is vinified with the utmost respect for tradition. Vinification in vitrified cement tanks with maceration in contact with the skins. No passage in wood, to enhance its youthful qualities. The label depicts the historian Francesco Guicciardini, seated at the table that still exists in the historic Biblioteca Guicciardiniana in Palazzo Guicciardini.
Sodole was first produced in 1983 and is named after the part of the Cusona estate from which it originates. This winery belongs to the Guicciardini Strozzi family. The current owners of the winery are sisters Natalia and Irini Strozzi - Mona Lisa's 15th great-granddaughter and great-great-niece of Sir Winston Churchill. It is produced only in the best vintages with the most demanding selection of Sangiovese grapes. Long maceration, followed by aging for 12 months in French oak barrels. It then ages in bottles for another year.
The scent of black cherry and rosehip jam is immediately evident, but among the notes of vanilla, tobacco and sweet spices, hints of cinchona, rhubarb and a balsamic touch are perceived. In the mouth it denotes a rich structure with elegant tannins and balanced acidity. Long persistence.
