Tenuta Barbadoro is a certified organic estate in the commune of Montespertoli in the province of Siena, Tuscany. The estate began estate bottling in 2004, but in 2015 was also selling a proportion of its production in bulk (‘sfuso’). Its flagship wine is the Chianti Montespertoli DOCG.

Staff: Sales: Alessio Gallerini (+39 348.4624075). Consultant oenologist: Fabio Signorini.

Vineyards: 2016 30ha of vines. At 200 metres. Near Montespertoli.

Organic certification: 2010 First vintage with full organic certification.

Winemaking: Hand and machine picking.

White wines

Bianco, Amalindo: 2013 8,000 bottles. 95% Trebbiano Toscana, 5% Malvasia. Crisp, limey at Vinitaly 2015. | 2014 Creamy (Vinitaly 2016).

Rosso Toscano, Domizio: 2013 10,000 bottles. 100% Sangiovese. 6 month in concrete tanks. Nice and bright and simple (Vinitaly 2015).

Chianti Montespertoli DOCG, IIº Guido: 2012 100% Sangiovese. 12m in oak ‘botti’. Smoke oak, some reduction, OK, pleasant but fragile fruit (Vinitaly 2015).

Other activities: 2016 2ha of olives (1,800 olive trees).

Contact

Tenuta Barbadoro

Via Volterrana Sud, 45

50025 Montespertoli (SI), Italy

Website: www.tenutabarbadoro.it