Voltumna is an organic co-operative (collective) winery in Dicomano in Mugello in the province of Firenze (Florence), Tuscany. Its red wines vineyards fall within the Chianti Rùfina DOCG but the estate chooses to bottle its wines under the Toscana IGT instead.
Owners: Collectively owned. In 2012 Marzio Politi and his wife, plus another couple who were already working for the estate, took over its management and farmed it as a co-operative, naming the project Voltumna, an Etruscan goddess of the soil and the earth and from which is derived the Italian word for luck (‘la fortuna’). From the beginning, the vineyard had been managed biodynamically under the guidance of Michele Lorenzetti. In 2013 Leonello Anello was consulting here, it appears.
Terroir, Vineyards: The vines are located at an elevation of 300 metres between the Tuscan Apennines to the north and the Valle di Mugello or Mugello Valley to the south. Most of the vines were planted in 2000, in Frascole, in Dicomano. The oldest vines are Sangiovese dating from the 1980s. There are 5ha in total, of which 1.8ha is Sangiovese (in 5 contiguous plots, all with different exposures, sheltered by Monte Giove to the south and turning west along the Mugello), 1.6ha of Pinot Noir (two distinct plots), 0.8ha of Pinot Gris (the youngest vineyard, overlooking the head of the Sieve river to the west and to the south the point where the Sieve joins the Arno) and 0.5ha of old, mixed plantings. Altitude: Around 250-300 metres. | Climate Cool Adriatic winds from the east. | Soil Galestro-based clay.
Biodynamics: 2013 Leonello Anello was consulting in 2013. | 2020 Biodynamic practices in 2020 but no Biodynamic certification.
Certification: 2007 First vintage with full organic certification.
Winemaking: The grapes are hand-picked. Fermentation in stainless steel. Ambient yeasts. Malolactic in wood (old barrels which were used by the previous management, but being replaced by wooden botti). Unfiltered. Not clarification.
Sparkling wines
Marcello colfondo: The was born in the tough 2014 vintage (wet, poor summer). A sparkling white made from 100% Sangiovese fermented on the lees.
White wines
Toscana Rosso IGT, Silene: Pinot noir. The owners say ‘Silene is the rock version of our Black Pinor. The vineyard deepened in the wood of white essences, acacia flowers, elderberry and caraway, shows all its whiteness, its finesse and elegance. We tried to enclose these elements in a bottle, trying to use only the flower wine of this Pinot Noir with short macerations, without pushing ourselves into the extraction. We tried to trap the sensations that the vine inspired in those places through maceration and refinement in a material considered inert, namely steel.
Pinot Grigio:
Red wines
Toscana Rosso IGT, Zeno: 2010 From young vines: Sangiovese planted in 2006 with some Pinot Noir (planted 2005). Both fermented apart and aged two years in stainless steel and then blended. 13.5%. 82ppm sulfur dioxide. 5,450 bottles. Bit stringy, warm and thin (Vinitaly 2013).
Toscana Rosso IGT, Querciolo: Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Colorino. The Sangiovese was planted in 2000. Surrounded by evergreen oaks which the wine is said to smell of. | 2010 100% Sangiovese. Hand picked. Fermented in steel. Pied de cuve taken from an old Tuscan vineyard planted with Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino. 18m in barrel (2nd and 3rd fill). 13.5%. 66ppm sulfur dioxide. 1,350 bottles. Decent if a bit warm (Vinitaly 2013).
Toscana Rosso IGT, Pinot Nero: Pinot noir. From two vineyards planted in 2005 at the highest point of the estate but on quite different soils. | 2010 18m in barrel. 14.5%. 64ppm sulfur dioxide. 2,880 bottles.
Toscana Rosso IGT,12.15: The owners say ‘2012.15 is a blend of 2012 and 2015, ‘two very hot vintages of Silene joined together.’
Contact
Voltumna scarl
Via Frascole
50062 Dicomano (FI), Italy
Tel+39 333.9339852 | Website www.voltumna.it