winery

Azienda Agricola La Torre

Tuscany, Italy

Philosophy

Manual harvesting and gravity bottling; fermentation on skins with native yeasts; no fining or filtration. Slavonian oak aging; three rackings in first year, annual thereafter. The estate marries altitude advantage—at 420 metres elevation—with traditional Sangiovese discipline: cool-climate elegance without excess extraction.

Reputation

Azienda Agricola La Torre was established in 1976 when Calabrian entrepreneur Giuseppe Ananìa purchased the property from a local Montalcino family, transforming a mixed sharecropping farm into a focused wine estate. Located in the highest-altitude section of the Brunello denomination near Sant'Angelo in Colle at 420 metres, the vineyard sits on Eocene-origin soil rich in pietra serena and limestone—terroir that yields wines of distinctive minerality and restraint.

AllocationProducer is definitively the Montalcino-based estate (not the San Gimignano Fattoria La Torre or Lake Garda Pasini La Torre, which are separate producers with identical names). Organic certification timeline clarified: sources differ slightly on 2015 vs. 2016 vintage start; website states 2016 vintage is first with labeling, third-party sources cite 2015 certification. Production volume stated as 14,000 bottles in Wine Advocate review; other sources reference up to 30,000 bottles historically. Luigi Ananìa is primary owner/winemaker; daughter Benedetta (graduated 2024) now engaged in management. Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant clearly established US distributor; Envoyer Fine Wines also confirmed. UK/Japan importers not found in available searches. Website language: English and Italian confirmed. No parent company identified—strictly family operation.

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