Erta di Radda - Toscana

Diego Rinocchi discovered dead birds and ladybugs in his vineyard after an early use of chemicals and consequently resolved to forge a respectful partnership with nature.  Founded in 2009 with three hectares of high-elevation vineyards (450m), l’Erta di Radda is a genuine garagiste operation, renting cellar space from a friend.  Diego’s vibrant, well-structured and delicious wines, though, are truly results of his vineyard work: playing radio to scare away deer, improving soil by excavating hundreds of tons of rocks, tailoring cover crops row-by-row and never using chemicals. The only limits on Diego’s craft are also twin foundations of his early success.  He is so attentive to detail that he can’t fathom anyone else ever working for him, not even his willing father or oenologically-educated fiancée.

CHIANTI CLASSICO