Description
The Chianti Classico Poggio ai Mori di San Donatino shows a beautiful ruby red color. The scent is succulent and lively of dark cherry, blackberry jam, spices and toast. In the mouth it is straightforward and inviting to drink
In 1971 Léo Férre – the well-known French singer and poet – and his wife Maria Cristina Diaz bought the Podere San Donatino where they would settle with the whole family and where Maria Cristina and her children still live today.
Right from the start, the Ferré family took care of putting the vineyards and the approximately 5,000 olive trees back in shape and making them productive. The first harvests were sold in bulk until the early 1990s when it was decided to bottle and start marketing the Chianti Classico on its own.
The company has been followed until the last few days by Giulio Gambelli and today by Federico Staderini, it has a traditional setting where the sign of the territory and the difference of the vintages have absolute prevalence over any form of standardization of wines. Fermentation occurs spontaneously without the use of inoculated yeasts, macerations are prolonged and the wines remain “sur lie” for several months. The base wines are refined only in steel while the crus are aged in wood.
