We are in Cortona, south of Arezzo, a southern area of Tuscany a stone's throw from Umbria.

This is the land of Syrah and here in Poggiobello di Farneta, Stefano Amerighi, after several trips to the Rhone to study winemaking secrets and clones, identified his "cru" in 2002. In the soil clay, chalk and silt and a great wealth of microorganisms. There are 8 hectares located on two hills facing south south west which he will plant with a density of 7000 vines/ha.

Stefano Amerighi is a modern, sensitive, curious winemaker, but very attentive to detail and demanding. He restores the techniques of the past (not just pressing with the feet), but embraces a broader concept of viticulture, which looks at sustainability and balance. His work is all about having a living land. The principles of Steinerian Biodynamics accompany his gestures, marked by the phases of the moon and the planets. The vineyard is looked after with the aim of harvesting healthy, ripe grapes: no synthetic products on the plants but the use of herbal teas and natural corroborants to fortify them against diseases. Biodynamic preparations and green manures for the soil and absence of selected yeasts or various additives and any interference in the cellar (absence of pumps to fill the tanks and no temperature control during fermentation). Just as the peasant tradition once wanted. Because everything you need is in the grape and on the skin of the grape (if the vineyard is alive and in balance)