Marco Capitoni is a wine producer in Pienza in Siena Province in Tuscany. He made his first wine in 2001 under the Orcia DOC. His family have farmed here for generations. The estate is called Sedime, a historic name dating to 1692 when it was a property of the Gherardi family, the name meaning an obligatory stopping point place for travellers. Capitoni farms both grains and vines here.

Owner: Marco Capitoni (+39 338.8981597).

Vineyards: 4ha of Merlot (6,000 vines/ha) and Sangiovese (5,000 vines per ha. Single cordon). South-facing. 400–450m. Pliocene (‘inferiore’) soils: sand, clay and tufa with fossilised sediments. The vines for the Frasi wine are at 464 msl.

Other crops: Cereals and olives.

Organic certification: 2005 No.

Winemaking: Wild ferments. Steel and barrels. The wines aged in oak.

White wines

Orcia DOC, Anfora:

Red wines

Orcia Rosso DOC I Capitoni: 2001 Debut. 85% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot. 13.5% alc. 10m in barrel. 3,000 bottles. Delicious red fruit, fresh Burgundy style; light but good (Visit 24th Feb 2005). | 2002 80% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot. 12,000 bottles. Nice clean cherry fruit; lighter style than 2001 (Visit 24th Feb 2005). | 2009 80% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot). Ferments in stainless steel tanks for 18 days and then ages in barriques for 12 months. | 2010‘80% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot. Barrel aged.

Orcia Rosso DOC Troccolone: 2019 100% Sangiovese. Ferments in stainless steel. Aged in in 500 litre terracotta amphora.

Orcia Rosso DOC I Frasi: 2005 Field blend of Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino planted in 1973. At 464m asl. Co-fermented. 14.0%. Oaked aged.

IGT Toscana Rosso IGT Frasi: 2016

Orcia DOC Rosso Riserva Capitoni: 2015 Produced. |  2016 85% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot. Barrel aged.

Orcia DOC Sangiovese Riserva, Frasi: Until the 2016 harvest the vines were those planted in 1974 by his father and his uncles. From 2019 vines from 1999 have been included. 2019 Sangiovese. Clay, sand. A bit hot (Orcia Doc tasting 22 Nov 2022.

Other crops: Olive trees.

Contact

Capitoni Marco Azienda Agraria

Podere Sedime, 63

I-53026 Pienza (SI), Italy

Website: www.capitoni.eu/en

Bibliography

Visit to the winery on Friday 24th Feb 2005.