`` Una lepre a correre sfidai, la raggiunsi ... mai. Sfide ``
The first production year of Frasi was the beginning of a new series of challenges. The desire to and pleasure of measuring oneself with the great wines of the Tuscan tradition, just like challenging a hare to a race…impossible to catch up?
`` Una lepre a correre sfidai, la raggiunsi ... mai. Sfide ``
The first production year of Frasi was the beginning of a new series of challenges. The desire to and pleasure of measuring oneself with the great wines of the Tuscan tradition, just like challenging a hare to a race…impossible to catch up?
`` Ciò che migliore è, ciò che migliore sarà... Scelgo ``
Every cut made during the winter pruning, the buds to remove, the leaves to keep, the grapes to take to the cantina, nothing is random.
This is our work: to know in order to choose.
`` Ciò che migliore è, ciò che migliore sarà... Scelgo ``
Every cut made during the winter pruning, the buds to remove, the leaves to keep, the grapes to take to the cantina, nothing is random.
This is our work: to know in order to choose.
`` La soddisfazione della fatica, le speranze ed i risultati...Orgoglio ``
Intense, full days, consumed by hard work, with the satisfaction of doing it, using all of our knowledge, our energy, always hoping that nature will be benevolent. And then, when the choices are right and the progress of the seasons is optimum, the best results are obtained. And so we are truly proud of what we have done.
`` La soddisfazione della fatica, le speranze ed i risultati...Orgoglio ``
Intense, full days, consumed by hard work, with the satisfaction of doing it, using all of our knowledge, our energy, always hoping that nature will be benevolent. And then, when the choices are right and the progress of the seasons is optimum, the best results are obtained. And so we are truly proud of what we have done.
`` Nei gesti, il sapere...Manualità ``
The labour of the farmer: manual skill that is passed on from father to son, actions that are dictated more by experience than by technical knowledge.
We aspire to be custodians of this centuries-old wisdom. They are actions that we have observed, repeated and integrated with all the knowledge that we have at our disposal today.
We would like to make our contribution to honouring those who have gone before, the value of whose labours was rarely acknowledged.
`` Nei gesti, il sapere...Manualità ``
The labour of the farmer: manual skill that is passed on from father to son, actions that are dictated more by experience than by technical knowledge.
We aspire to be custodians of this centuries-old wisdom. They are actions that we have observed, repeated and integrated with all the knowledge that we have at our disposal today.
We would like to make our contribution to honouring those who have gone before, the value of whose labours was rarely acknowledged.
`` Poche parole e una stretta di mano...Galantuomini ``
Simple manners, in use during times when illiteracy was the norm. I don’t regret the past, yet I often reflect on how the many words expressed and the many words written are not necessarily a guarantee of proper conduct, both in work and social relationships. I know it’s not easy but I would like it if, in order to guarantee the quality of a product, all that was needed was a few words and a handshake, a true gentleman’s agreement.
`` Poche parole e una stretta di mano...Galantuomini ``
Simple manners, in use during times when illiteracy was the norm. I don’t regret the past, yet I often reflect on how the many words expressed and the many words written are not necessarily a guarantee of proper conduct, both in work and social relationships. I know it’s not easy but I would like it if, in order to guarantee the quality of a product, all that was needed was a few words and a handshake, a true gentleman’s agreement.
``Un passo dopo l'altro, una vite e poi un altra vita ancora...Costanza``
Pruning, trimming, harvesting – all the activities dedicated to the plant, the leaves, the grapes – require taking a step, stopping then taking another step, and the care and attention will be for the next vine. Just as the vines follow one another in succession, the generations of my family have succeeded one another, continuing the work of agriculturalists. We persevere in the work of viticulture with the daily toil and strong attachment to the land because along with that we have also inherited the passion for it.
``Un passo dopo l'altro, una vite e poi un altra vita ancora...Costanza``
Pruning, trimming, harvesting – all the activities dedicated to the plant, the leaves, the grapes – require taking a step, stopping then taking another step, and the care and attention will be for the next vine. Just as the vines follow one another in succession, the generations of my family have succeeded one another, continuing the work of agriculturalists. We persevere in the work of viticulture with the daily toil and strong attachment to the land because along with that we have also inherited the passion for it.
“Giovane: il fiore. Vecchi: la vite, l'ulivo e la quercia?... Fantasia``
I imagined eavesdropping on an unusual conversation between the wildflower, the grapevine, the olive tree and the oak tree. It was a May night with a full moon, the wildflower started bragging about its beauty and perfume, the grapevine quickly interrupted, laying claim to the superior knowledge of which it was the repository. The olive tree was not alone in sensing and affirming the value of mature experience in the course of its long life. The dialogue continued to escalate when the oak tree intervened – you the wildflower are young, you the grapevine are an adult, you the olive tree are older still, but I?… I am ancient! Even in the awareness of my responsibilities and the weight of my commitments, I never want to be without my imagination.
“Giovane: il fiore. Vecchi: la vite, l'ulivo e la quercia?... Fantasia``
I imagined eavesdropping on an unusual conversation between the wildflower, the grapevine, the olive tree and the oak tree. It was a May night with a full moon, the wildflower started bragging about its beauty and perfume, the grapevine quickly interrupted, laying claim to the superior knowledge of which it was the repository. The olive tree was not alone in sensing and affirming the value of mature experience in the course of its long life. The dialogue continued to escalate when the oak tree intervened – you the wildflower are young, you the grapevine are an adult, you the olive tree are older still, but I?… I am ancient! Even in the awareness of my responsibilities and the weight of my commitments, I never want to be without my imagination.
``Curiosità di sapere, voglia di ricordare... Attenzioni``
A family, my family, farmers since “time immemorial,” having always lived in the Val d’Orcia, where I have also lived the ways that characterise the daily life of a patriarchal family. I drew from the stories I heard, always curious to know about that which was no longer visible: it consisted of adversity, amusement, people, and in any case, the stories of lives long passed. I believe that the “past” is a heritage of inestimable value that deserves sensitivity and that must be preserved with great attention and respect.
``Curiosità di sapere, voglia di ricordare... Attenzioni``
A family, my family, farmers since “time immemorial,” having always lived in the Val d’Orcia, where I have also lived the ways that characterise the daily life of a patriarchal family. I drew from the stories I heard, always curious to know about that which was no longer visible: it consisted of adversity, amusement, people, and in any case, the stories of lives long passed. I believe that the “past” is a heritage of inestimable value that deserves sensitivity and that must be preserved with great attention and respect.
``Osserva: una vite, una pietra, o un uomo? ... Presenze``
Attentive and respectful manual viticulture – this is how we like to do it and it is only possible through a continuous and diligent “presence” in the vineyard. Days, weeks and months see us going up and down between the rows, in service to the vines, tending their needs in each particular moment. The hand that prunes, the hand that selects leaves and bunches of grapes is a silent hand that slides between the espaliers to the point of disappearing. Not only that, sometimes our entire person becomes almost indistinguishable, such that the silhouette transforms into a unity with the vines or the stones of the earth.
``Osserva: una vite, una pietra, o un uomo? ... Presenze``
Attentive and respectful manual viticulture – this is how we like to do it and it is only possible through a continuous and diligent “presence” in the vineyard. Days, weeks and months see us going up and down between the rows, in service to the vines, tending their needs in each particular moment. The hand that prunes, the hand that selects leaves and bunches of grapes is a silent hand that slides between the espaliers to the point of disappearing. Not only that, sometimes our entire person becomes almost indistinguishable, such that the silhouette transforms into a unity with the vines or the stones of the earth.
Time changes everything, to change while remaining oneself...To Endure
The days pass and thus, like the seasons, even the years flee quickly. Time passes quietly, as though it wants to minimise and hide its effects on everything and everyone, while knowing how much even the smallest frac=on of itself transforms the world.
As a winemaker I know how much =me can be either a friend or a foe. As they age, vines produce grapes that con=nue to improve un=l they are exhausted and die. This is what’s slowly happening in the vineyard from which we produce “FRASI”.
Un=l 2016, “Frasi” was produced exclusively from grapes harvested from the vineyard planted by my father and my uncles in 1974. Since 2019 we’ve had to include a small percentage of grapes from the Sangiovese vineyard planted in 1999 in order to con=nue producing “FRASI”.
To change while remaining oneself.
Time changes everything, to change while remaining oneself...To Endure
The days pass and thus, like the seasons, even the years flee quickly. Time passes quietly, as though it wants to minimise and hide its effects on everything and everyone, while knowing how much even the smallest frac=on of itself transforms the world.
As a winemaker I know how much =me can be either a friend or a foe. As they age, vines produce grapes that con=nue to improve un=l they are exhausted and die. This is what’s slowly happening in the vineyard from which we produce “FRASI”.
Un=l 2016, “Frasi” was produced exclusively from grapes harvested from the vineyard planted by my father and my uncles in 1974. Since 2019 we’ve had to include a small percentage of grapes from the Sangiovese vineyard planted in 1999 in order to con=nue producing “FRASI”.
To change while remaining oneself.