Featured Wines:
2018 Nittardi Ben Vermentino Maremma - Tasting Note
2016 Nittardi Ad Astra DOC Maremma - Tasting Note
2015 Nittardi Belcanto Chianti Classico DOCG - Tasting Note
2017 Nittardi Casanuova di Nittardi, Chianti Classico DOCG - Tasting Note
The Nittardi Estate, on the boundary between the provinces of Siena and Florence, was originally a defensive tower known as early as 1183 by the name of “Nectar Dei” (The Nectar of the God). In the 16th century, the vast property belonged to the Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti who, in 1549, while painting the Sistine Chapel, wrote to his nephew Lionardo: “I’d prefer two casks of wine rather than eight shirts.” On that same occasion, Michelangelo also sent Nittardi wine to Rome as a “genuine gift to the Pope Julius II”. Today, in honour of that tradition, every year the first bottles of Nectar Dei, the top wine from the Maremma vineyards, are presented to the Pope.
As homage to Michelangelo, the unique combination of art and wine is still cultivated today at Nittardi. Every year a well-known artist paints the label as well as the wrapping paper used for the Casanuova di Nittardi Vigna Doghessa wine bottles. The collection, started in 1981, includes works by internationally renowned artists such as Hundertwasser, Corneille, A.R. Penck, Mitoraj, Yoko Ono, Günter Grass, Dario Fo and Karl Otto Götz.
Join Winemaker, Léon Femfert, whose parents Peter and Stefania re-started the family winery Nittardi in198. We will try his infamous Vermentino from the great 2018 vintage, a red based on Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon and two different wines coming from different plots that are will show how the same grape variety can be very different even if grown just a few km a part.