| Podere Poggio Scalette |
| Via Barbiano, 7 |
| 50022 Ruffoli-Greve in Chianti (Firenze), Italy |
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ENOLOGIST: Vittorio and Jurij Fiore |
OWNER: Famiglia Fiore |
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Podere Poggio
Scalette became an independent Wine Estate in 1991,
when Vittorio Fiore and his wife Adriana
Assjè di Marcorà bought, on the Ruffoli
hill - in Greve in Chianti Municipality (Florence) –
several land plots and a rural building from an inheritance
division and disposal of several real estate pieces, including
farm houses, vineyards, olive groves, pasture and woods,
that had been neglected for years, since the death of the
previous owner. In 1996, another plot was added, following
the purchase of the adjacent property, provided with working
cellar and extensive buildings, bringing the Estate total
area to about 40 hectares (around 80 acres). |
| Taking
care of each and every aspect of the Estate are Vittorio
Fiore’s wife, Adriana Assjè di Marcorà,
and his son Jurij Fiore (qualified
Technicien Superieur en Viticolture and Oenologie a Beaune
– Borgogna – France), with his supervision. |
| The slope of the Greve valley,
between Greve in Chianti and the Panzano fraction, facing
west (Ruffoli hill), is unanimously considered one of
the best sites to grow vines and olive trees, in order
to gain the maximum quality expressions thus obtaining
the great Chianti Classico Area wines and the marvellous
extra virgin olive oil. The vineyards and olive groves of PODERE POGGIO SCALETTE are located in an area ranging between 350 and 500 mts
above sea level. |
| The Estate’s name originates from
the landscape of the surrounding hills, distinguished
by marvellous dry stone walls, built to support terraces
of all sizes, on which vines and olive trees groves alternate
according to the soil characteristics and that –
when seen from a distance – give the impression
of a series of stairs climbing the Ruffoli hill slopes. |
| On these terraces and on a large
land plot named “IL CARBONAIONE” by local
farmers, are situated Sangiovese vines that – we
discovered – have been the first vines to be planted
in the decade following the end of World War I (1914-1918),
following the destruction of most of European vineyards
because of Philloxera, towards the end of 1800s. |
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| Thus these are vines that have reached
the venerable age of over 70 years and that are, without
doubt, one of the very rare – if not the only –
examples of the famous “Sangiovese di Lamole”
original clone presence inside the Chianti Classico
territory. |
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