At A Glance
- Field
- Detail
- Region
- Tuscany, Italy
- Estate beginning
- Giuseppe Brancatelli returned to Italy and established the wine estate
- Grape varieties
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Petit Verdot
- Farming
- Organic from the beginning
- Enologist
- Graziana Grassini, former winemaker from Sassicaia
The Producer
Giuseppe Brancatelli and his wife Catherine were the first to plant vines on their land. Giuseppe had returned to Italy in 1999 to establish the wine estate, and organic farming began with that planting. The vineyard is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Petit Verdot, traditional French grape varieties, and the named wines are red.
Graziana Grassini later joined the team as an enologist, bringing specialist winemaking work into the cellar. Fermentation and ageing choices shape the finished wine, so her arrival put that cellar role alongside the vineyard's organic farming.
Place
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Petit Verdot are planted in Tuscany, and the red wines carry the Toscana appellation. Brancatelli Syrah Toscana joins that regional name to a direct grape reference, while Valle del Sogno Toscana uses a separate wine title.
Wines
Brancatelli's range is made up of red Toscana wines. Brancatelli Syrah Toscana and Valle del Sogno Toscana are both 2016 reds, with the first naming Syrah directly and the second using a separate wine title. Vinonista Not another fake label is a 2019 red whose wording reads as a sarcastic aside.
The two Toscana titles share a vintage, while Vinonista comes from a later one. Colour stays constant across the wines, while the labels distinguish a grape reference, a separate wine title and a phrase that reads as sarcastic.
Final Word
Brancatelli brings together organic farming, French grape varieties in Tuscany and later cellar work with a former Sassicaia winemaker. Its red labels move between a grape name, a separate wine title and a sarcastic aside.