PERCARLO 2013 IGT SAN GIUSTO A RENTENNANO

The History

San Giusto a Rentennano, a name of Etruscan origin, overlooks the upper course of the Arbia river in the farthest south Chianti Classico wine zone.

The estate began life as a medieval monastery of Cistercian nuns and was called San Giusto alle Monache (“of the Nuns”).

In 1204 it was fortified by the Florentines, after a treaty established it as their boundry with Siena. Only portions of the ancient fortification still stand, its crenellated battlements, massive barbican wall and underground vaults, used today as the ageing cellars for our wines.

The medieval estate of San Giusto a Rentennano came into the Martini di Cigala family through marriage in 1914. In 1957, it was inherited by Enrico Martini di Cigala and in 1992, by his nine children. Today Anna, Lucia, Elisabetta, Francesco, Alessandro and Luca are partners in the estate company.

PERCARLO 2013 IGT SAN GIUSTO A RENTENNANO

Percarlo is made from 100% estate grown Sangiovese grapes, hand-picked when perfectly mature and specially selected from six cru zones of vineyards.

It is kept 22 months in french oak barriques and is held in bottle for another 15 months before it is released.

Percarlo has long ageing potential, a robust expression of the terroir of the San Guido a Rentennano estate.

As this wine has not been filtered, some sediments may appear in the bottle.

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