Pacina is an organic estate located in Castelnuovo Berardenga in Siena province in the Chianti Classico DOCG region of Tuscany. Red wines are made under the Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG. There is also a Vin Santo del Chianti DOC. The buildings include a converted 11th century monasteryTuscany.

Owner: Giovanna Tiezzi. She featured in Jonathan Nossiter docu-film, Natural Resistance.

Organic certification: 2000 Went certified organic.

Winemaking: Concrete vats.

White wines

Toscana Bianco IGT: Between 300-1,000 bottles. Long skin contact (orange wine style).

Red wines

Toscana Rosso IGT, Il Secondo di Pacina Rosso: 2009 92% Sangiovese, 8% Syrah. From vines deemed too young for the Chianti Colli Senesi. |2013 12 mg/l total sulfites (Source: catalogue for RAW, London 17/18 May 2015).

Toscana Rosso IGT, Pacina La Malena: 2000 50% Sangiovese, 50% Syrah. | 2011 44 mg/l total sulphites (RAW, London 2015).

Toscana Rosso, Pacina La Malena: 2005 100% Syrah.

Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG: 2003 97% Sangiovese, 3% Canaiolo/Ciliegiolo. Natural ferments in concrete tanks. Aged in tonneaux and wooden vats for 12 months. 30,000 bottles.

Vin Santo

Vin Santo del Chianti DOC, Pacina

Contact

Pacina

Localita à Pacina

I-53019 Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI), Italy

Tel:+39 0577 355044