With new-world ideals in a wine region that dates back to the Etruscans, Castello del Terriccio is a place suspended in time, a sprawling traditional Tuscan farm peppered with ancient buildings, olive groves, forest and 65 hectares of vineyards that extend along the northern limit of the Maremma subregion.

When the Ferri family took control in 1975, the grapes had been used only for simple bulk wine, sold for local consumption. Gian Annibale Rossi di Medelana Ferri Serafini looked to some of the exceptional bottlings that were coming from a blossoming area just to the south of his newly inherited property, he questioned if his own land could produce the same quality as Bolgheri, and quickly set about making the changes to achieve this.

When the term ‘Super Tuscan’ appeared in the 1990s, Castello del Terriccio was one of the original new guard, but quietly sat under the radar for all but purists. Previously called out by Richard Baudains of Decanter Magazine as “probably second only to Sassicaia”, Castello makes three reds, all from classic French varieties, bound with individual styling and Tuscan terroir.

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