San Gimignano & Sienese Hills is a wine area within Toscana, with Vernaccia di San Gimignano, San Gimignano, Montecucco and Montecucco Sangiovese among its appellations. Vernaccia di San Gimignano is a dry white wine with a fresh, savoury character, medium body and a lingering finish.
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Elsewhere in Toscana
- Bolgheri & Etruscan Coast18 producersBolgheri & Etruscan Coast has modern plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Syrah and Sangiovese. Its soils include sandy clay loam, deep alkaline ground, fine gravel and fossil shells.
- Carmignano & Prato HillsNo producers listed yetCarmignano & Prato Hills includes Carmignano, Barco Reale di Carmignano and Vin Santo di Carmignano. Grand Duke Cosimo III formally defined Carmignano in 1716.
- Chianti Hills67 producersChianti DOCG and Chianti Classico DOCG sound like variations of one name. They are separate appellations, both centred on Sangiovese, and the full wording on the label tells you which one you have.
- Elba IslandNo producers listed yetElba Island is a wine area within Toscana, with Elba and Elba Aleatico Passito as its listed appellations.
- Lucca, Apuane & Northern Coast4 producersLucca, Apuane & Northern Coast is a wine area within Toscana, with Colline Lucchesi, Montecarlo and Candia dei Colli Apuani among its listed appellations.
- Maremma Grosseto6 producersMaremma Grosseto is a wine area within Toscana. Its listed appellations include Maremma toscana, Morellino di Scansano, Monteregio di Massa Marittima and Bianco di Pitigliano.
- Montalcino22 producersMontalcino's vineyards surround a hill south of Siena. Both Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino are made from Sangiovese grown here, but Rosso can be released much earlier.
- Montepulciano & Valdichiana13 producersVino Nobile di Montepulciano comes from the Montepulciano and Valdichiana area of Toscana. The wine uses 70-100% Sangiovese, known locally as Prugnolo Gentile.
Producers in San Gimignano & Sienese Hills
Producer profiles
- ColleMassari Spa Società AgricolaA family-owned Tuscan wine group farming Sangiovese organically across Montecucco, Montalcino, and Bolgheri, with a gravity-fed hillside cellar at its centre and a Brunello estate that selects its three wine tiers from a single harvest.
- PanizziOrganic Vernaccia di San Gimignano estate with two vineyard centres outside the medieval walls, led by a longstanding technical team.