Poliziano, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG, Asinone

About Poliziano

From its initial 80 hectares, the Poliziano estate now has over 120 registered Nobile di Montepulciano vineyards. They have also diversified production by investing in the area of Morellino di Scansano and Cortona, a demonstration of the validity of the producer s business plan. A wine that certainly exemplifies this direction is Nobile di Montepulciano Asinone produced by the Poliziano estate of Federico Carletti, who created it. The story of this wine s birth and the technical changes it underwent over the years to become what it is today is one not only of the estate but also the past 30 years of winemaking in Tuscany. The Asinone project began in 1979 when Federico became involved in his family s estate. His father Dino had planted this vineyard in the mid-1960s, not long after he had acquired the estate, with two innovative goals in mind: the first was to plant a specialized vineyard with only red grapes and the second was to graft on a selection of Prugnolo Gentile grapes from the best vines in the area. Both were unusual moves at the time. The choice of the soil was not casual and he preferred one rich in pebbles and gravel and that had more limestone than clay. In order words, an effort was made to create a terroir that could produce a better grape, an innovative idea at the time. The result? Not so good at the beginning according to the parameters of the era with the vineyard producing a very low yield in its first years while the grapes were difficult to work within the winery.