Castellare di Castellina was born from the union of four farms (Castellare, Caselle, San Niccolò and Le Case) created by Paolo Panerai with the aim of producing wine of the best possible quality. It was the 70s when the so-called Renaissance of Italian wine had begun. A Renaissance to which Castellare was able to make its own contribution, keeping tradition and innovation together. The tradition in the care of the vineyards and the land, distinguished between fields and firm (where fields are the easiest soils to work and firm the hardest but best plots for the cultivation of the vine), in the choice of still producing a wine according to the method of the Tuscan government, to respect the Chianti Classico using only native vines and to produce a great wine, internationally recognized as one of the greatest reds in the world, using only native Tuscan vines. The innovation was first pursued with the creation of the first experimental Chianti vineyard together with the University of Milan, led by Professor Attilio Scienza, and the University of Florence to implement the first scientific selection of Sangiovese clones (here called Sangioveto) Read more
