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HARVEST 2020: FROM TUSCANY TO SICILY IT WILL BE AN ESPECIALLY MEMORABLE VINTAGE

Feudi del Pisciotto vendemmia

“The 2020 harvest will be remembered not only because it took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, but above all because the vegetative cycle was perfect as rarely happens”. With these words Alessandro Cellai, oenologist and CEO of the wineries Castellare di Castellina, in the Chianti Classico, Rocca di Frassinello in the Tuscan Maremma, Feudi del Pisciotto and Gurra di Mare, in Sicily, describes the harvest still in progress in the 4 estates.

BAFFONERO AND I SODI DI S. NICCOLÒ SOLD FOR A RECORD PRICE AT PANDOLFINI AUCTION

Against a backdrop of market turbulence and uncertainty, the world of fine Wine & Spirit continues to attract investors and collectors. This is demonstrated by the success achieved by Baffonero, Rocca di Frassinello’s top wine, and by I Sodi di S. Niccolò, Castellare di Castellina’s flagship wine, during the auction held in Florence, on 17 and 18 June, by the well-known Pandolfini Auction House.

ROCCA DI FRASSINELLO’S VERMENTINO 2019 AMONG THE BEST 10 WINES OF THE VERMENTINO GRAND PRIX 2020

Rocca di Frassinello Vermentino 2019

A blind tasting of 64 vermentini from the Tuscan Maremma. An exceptional jury made up of top food and wine journalists like Andrea Cuomo, Aldo Fiordelli and Valentina Vercelli, and professionals working in the five Michelin starred restaurants of the Maremma and in the historic Enoteca Castiglionese. The verdict: the Vermentino 2019 by Rocca di Frassinello is one of the 10 best Vermentini tasted.