We have been producing wine for a very long time. The oldest estate is ‘La Casaccia’, which has been in the
Socini Guelfi family for more than three hundred years. It is one of the rarest, if not only examples of a
Chianti Classico wine producing estate that has had the same owner for such a long period of time. ‘La
Casaccia’ is near a beautiful village called San Gusmè in the Borough of Castelnuovo Berardenga.
Passing from generation to generation, each one has interpreted the art of the vine dresser according to their own personality, selecting the various clones of Sangiovese according to which were more suitable to their own taste. Each has chosen the nature and period of pruning to regulate production, cultivation techniques, the fertilizing period, how deep the earth should be worked. Each has speculated the date of the harvest and the ripening, or the type of wood to use for the ageing barrels to “create” the wine that they had in mind. Now it is Francesco and Laura’s turn to interpret the Chianti Classico, using exclusively Sangiovese grapes and 20 hl.
Oak casks for aging and staying away from barriques and toasted wood. As well as Chianti Classico wine, which is mainly sold abroad, ‘La Casaccia’ also produces Vin Santo and Olive Oil. Vin Santo is a traditional wine made almost entirely from very mature, white berry grapes, which are left to dry for several months on special reed mats. The very long ageing process (a minimum of five years, but often longer) takes place in small barrels called ‘caratelli’ of fifty or one hundred litres.
The extra-virgin Olive Oil is realised with a selection of olives that are grown exclusively on the estate and pressed with care and rigorous attention. The extracted juice is extremely fruity and full of character, without ever being too aggressive.
Passing from generation to generation, each one has interpreted the art of the vine dresser according to their own personality, selecting the various clones of Sangiovese according to which were more suitable to their own taste. Each has chosen the nature and period of pruning to regulate production, cultivation techniques, the fertilizing period, how deep the earth should be worked. Each has speculated the date of the harvest and the ripening, or the type of wood to use for the ageing barrels to “create” the wine that they had in mind. Now it is Francesco and Laura’s turn to interpret the Chianti Classico, using exclusively Sangiovese grapes and 20 hl.
Oak casks for aging and staying away from barriques and toasted wood. As well as Chianti Classico wine, which is mainly sold abroad, ‘La Casaccia’ also produces Vin Santo and Olive Oil. Vin Santo is a traditional wine made almost entirely from very mature, white berry grapes, which are left to dry for several months on special reed mats. The very long ageing process (a minimum of five years, but often longer) takes place in small barrels called ‘caratelli’ of fifty or one hundred litres.
The extra-virgin Olive Oil is realised with a selection of olives that are grown exclusively on the estate and pressed with care and rigorous attention. The extracted juice is extremely fruity and full of character, without ever being too aggressive.
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