"One of my first memories in Montalcino dates back to an afternoon in the summer of 2002, when I was eight years old and sitting under the centuries-old oak tree located at the heart of our estate. I remember my father mentioning that we would not be producing the great Brunello cru, Poggio al Vento, that year. Evidently, it was not the most exceptional of vintages, but I remember thinking it was a great pity.

As I gained more experience in the wine industry, a clear objective started to emerge: to seek out, each year, the great cru for that vintage, selecting the finest fruit from a single plot that best expresses the uniqueness of the year’s conditions. For me, this is the only way to build a liquid memory of each harvest. The climatic unpredictability we've experienced in the past decade has made clear the complexities of relying on a single vineyard, and how an itinerant selection of the best fruit will yield the best rewards."