Leonardo and Sangiovese:
a journey between Tuscany and Romagna
A grape variety and a man who share the same nature: both were born in Italy yet belong to the universal imagination. Two icons rooted in the same land, in the same way of observing and interpreting the world.
Nature reveals itself
to those who know how to interpret it
As a painter, Leonardo builds his art on the observation of nature: light, proportions, the details that escape a distracted glance. His works arise from a subtle balance between what nature offers and what people are able to see and interpret.
In the same way, Sangiovese is a demanding grape variety with real character, one that cannot express itself alone. It asks for attention, sensitivity, expertise. It does not give itself up easily: it challenges, resists, evolves. It cannot be dominated, but enters into dialogue with those who cultivate it.
From the meeting of a complex nature and human work, something unique takes shape: an inimitable, profoundly Italian identity.
"If you follow my teachings
you will drink excellent wine"
One grape variety, many faces
It changes face from one territory to another without ever losing itself. Like the Genius, Sangiovese does not impose a form: it reads the nature around it and gives it back in a language anyone can recognise.
The versatile soul
of wine-making Italy
It is Italy’s most widely planted grape variety: about 11% of the entire national vineyard area. But the numbers capture only its extent. Sangiovese is the variety that, more than any other, has learned to transform itself, to reflect the soil, the climate and the hand of those who grow it, while always remaining recognisable.
From the great classics of Tuscany to the distinctive expressions of Romagna, it is the common language through which Italy tells the story of red wine.
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1st
Italy's most planted red grape variety
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11%
of Italy's wine-growing land
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2
regions of choice: Tuscany and Romagna
A red thread between
territories and vision
From Tuscany to Romagna
Tuscany
Romagna
Four territories, one grape variety
The style changes, the identity remains
Every wine is born from a precise place. Territory, climate and culture define its rhythm, character and nuances. Sangiovese remains the common thread linking different interpretations in a single identity.
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Chianti
Rigour • Balance • Tradition
Land of balance, rigour and tradition. Here Sangiovese expresses itself with precision and depth. A wine that requires time and attention, and that returns in the glass all the care devoted to it.
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Montalcino
Elegance • Depth • Vision
Where the grape variety looks far. At Montalcino Sangiovese finds its most elegant expression: vertical, deep, built to travel through decades. A wine that is in no hurry to be understood.
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Montepulciano
Matter • Intensity • Fullness
Sangiovese taking shape. Here its substance finds full expression: structure, depth and warmth blend into an intensity that reveals itself with authority.
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Romagna
Fruit • Generosity • Authenticity
East of the Apennines the grape changes pace. It becomes fruity, direct, immediate: a Sangiovese that welcomes before it explains itself, like the open character of its people.
