Podere Poggio Scalette is an estate winery in Greve in Chianti in the Chianti Classico DOCG region of Tuscany, Italy. Vittorio Fiore, a consultant oenologist based in Tuscany, established this estate (near Querciabella) with his wife Adriana Assjè di Marcorà in 1991. The couple acquired plots of land and what is now the Poggio Scalette winery building in Ruffoli, a hilly area midway between Greve and Panzano. The first vintage was 1992 and the wine was a 100% Sangiovese from a single vineyard called Il Carbonaione. In 1996 more (adjacent) land was acquired with a functioning winery.The estate is directly run by Vittorio Fiore’s wife Adriana Assjè di Marcorà and their son Jurij Fiore (a graduate of the School of Viticulture and Oenology of Beaune in Burgundy) with the overall supervision of Vittorio Fiore.
Owner: Winemaking consultant: Vittorio Fiore.
Staff: 2019 Jurij Fiore (vineyards and winemaking), Vittorio’s son.
Vineyards: 15ha of vines in Ruffoli. Stony-sandy soils. SW-facing 450 metres (1,476 feet). The existing vineyards Vittorio Fiore acquired appear to have contained a ‘Lamole’ bio-type of Sangiovese.
Other crops: 10ha of olive groves, 2ha of sowable crops, 5ha of woodland and 8ha of wild habitat and buidlings.
Red wines
Capogatto: 2011 Produced.
Alta Valle della Greve IGT, Il Carbonaione: 1992 Debut vintage. | 2016 100% Sangiovese. From 90 year-old vines on sandy soil. ‘Sweetness’ to the fruit-tannins making it very appealing’ (Anteprima 2019).
Chianti Classico DOCG, Podere Poggio Scalette: 2016 100% Sangiovese. | 2017 100% Sangiovese. Fermented in cement. No oak. Decent fruit and shape, a little bit ‘made’ maybe with the expression of the bright cherry fruit suggesting the influence of cultured yeast.
Chianti Classico DOCG Riserva, Podere Poggio Scalette:
Piantonaia Rosso: 2000 Debut. 50% Cab Sauvignon, 50% Merlot [could in fact just be Merlot]. 1,200 bottles
Contact
Podere Poggio Scalette
Via Barbiano, 7
Loc. Ruffoli
50022 Greve in Chianti (FI), Italy
Tel+39 055 8546108 | Website: www.poggioscalette.it