Fattoria di Montechiari is located in Montecarlo, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy. It bottles its wines under the Toscana IGT rather than the Montecarlo DOC.

Owner: Moreno Panettoni and Catherine Pirmez.

Vineyards: 10ha (2005).

White wines

Toscana Bianco IGT, Chardonnay: 2003 Oxidised and glue-like–maybe a bad bottle–but pretty poor (Visit  2005).

Red wines

Toscana Rosso, Montechiari: 2003 Sangiovese. Seems to have some Cabernet Sauvignon too. Aggressive tannin, and the fruit is somewhat dirty (Visit 2005).

Toscana Rosso IGT, Cabernet: 1999 90%Cabernets Franc and Sauvignon and 10% Merlot. | 2001 Quite aggressive chocolate and blackcurrant and vanilla from the oak; thick texture, pretty extracted, green tannins, dull too. Another bad Cabernet (Visit  2005).

Toscana Rosso IGT, Merlot: 2002 Lots of chocolatey (added?) tannins  (Visit  2005).

Toscana Rosso IGT, Nero: 1998 Bottled.

Toscana Rosso IGT, Pinot Nero: 1997 Bottled.

Contact

Fattoria di Montechiari

Via Montechiari, 27

I-55015 Montecarlo (LU), Italy

Tel:+39 0583 22189