Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva DOCG l'Albereta

Case Size: 6 x 750mL

Vintage: 2022

Varietals: Vernaccia di San Gimignano

Alcohol %: 13.5

Region: Toscana

Farmed organically and hand-harvested with strict bunch selection, the grapes are softly pressed before controlled fermentation, followed by around 12 months of ageing split between large oak barrels and cement, then further time in cement and bottle, resulting in a structured, complex Riserva that expresses both fruit and terroir.

Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara’s vineyards sit on the hills around San Gimignano in Tuscany, covering roughly 20–22 ha of organically farmed vines planted mainly to Vernaccia di San Gimignano at about 350–400 m above sea level in soils of Pliocene sands, clay, pebbles, gravel and limestone, with single-vineyard sites like Colombaio (for L’Albereta) and others such as Cotone, San Donato and Campo della Pieve giving distinct terroirs that shape the character of each wine.