Castello di Radda

Common questions

• Where is Castello di Radda? add remove
  The winery is at Località Il Becco 101/A, just outside Radda in Chianti in the province of Siena. It stands on the hill facing the village, ringed by its own vines. Some of its vineyards are over the boundary in Gaiole in Chianti, at a place called Vertine.
• Can I visit without booking? add remove
  You can taste and buy in the cellar shop without an appointment. It opens Monday to Saturday, ten in the morning to half past five, and closes on Sundays and public holidays. The seven guided experiences do have to be booked, and the estate closes for the odd private event, so it is worth a call on +39 0577 738992.
• What can I book? add remove
  Seven things, at every price. The cheapest is a guided tasting of three wines. Then come a tasting with a vermouth, a cellar tour that starts in the fermentation room, a picnic in the garden, a tasting with local food in the tower or under the portico, several vintages of the Riserva side by side, and at the top a tasting of the estate's best Sangiovese.
• Are the wines organic? add remove
  Yes. The estate started converting in 2017 and finished in 2020, and every vineyard it farms is now certified organic. It has also rebuilt the old dry-stone walls around the winery to stop the soil washing off, and it charges visitors' electric cars from its own solar panels.
• What do they make? add remove
  Sangiovese, mostly. There is a Chianti Classico, a Riserva, and a Gran Selezione from a single plot called Vigna il Corno. Beside those sit two Tuscan reds named Guss and Granbruno, a rosé, a vermouth made from it, and a sweet Vin Santo.
• Who owns Castello di Radda? add remove
  It belongs to Agricole Gussalli Beretta, a group of seven Italian wine estates that also owns Lo Sparviere in Franciacorta, Fortemasso in Barolo, Fabio Motta in Bolgheri, Steinhaus in Alto Adige, Orlandi Contucci Ponno in Abruzzo and Specogna in Friuli. Between them the seven make about 800,000 bottles a year.