Castiglioni Tenuta Frescobaldi Toscana IGT 2019

Commitment in viticulture and agriculture in general, these are the strong points of the Frescobaldi family, which has been producing wine in Tuscany for seven hundred years, precisely since the beginning of the fourteenth century. Moreover, the family counts among its ancestors illustrious men of letters, explorers, musicians, bankers, bishops and politicians. The archives keeps many ancient documents and among the registers there are commercial contracts with many European Courts starting from the thirteenth century. In the fifteenth and sixteenth century, the Florentine family supplied wines to the Court of England and of many European countries, including the Papal Court. Even before that, the Frescobaldi had relationships and commercial contacts with the workshops of many famous artists such as Donatello, Michelozzo Michelozzi, Filippo Brunelleschi. Around the year 1000, the first members of the family moved to Florence from Val di Pesa, where we still find the Castiglioni Estate, the oldest agricultural property of the family. At that time, the cities of central and northern Italy were strengthening economically, politically and militarily, to the detriment of feudal power; the lords in fact urbanized, attracted and flattered by the commercial and political advantages that the cities offered. The Frescobaldi settled in the Oltrarno part of the city in Piazza de' Frescobaldi where they built the loggia, the tower and the palace. In 1252 Lamberto Frescobaldi built the first wooden bridge over the Arno, now called Ponte Santa Trinita, in order to connect his properties with the ancient historical center of Florence. With great openness towards the future, the ancestors introduced in 1855 in Tuscany some grape varieties, unknown at that time, such as Carbernet Sauvignon, Merlot Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The twentieth century is characterized by the action of Vittorio, Ferdinando and Leonardo Frescobaldi who made an important contribution to elevate Tuscany to a place of excellence for viticulture. Today Lamberto Frescobaldi picked up the baton and, thanks to his long technical experience, he aims at further strengthening the uniqueness of the wines of each family estate.