Ridolfi

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• Where is Ridolfi? add remove
  At Località Mercatali, just outside Montalcino in southern Tuscany. The estate sits 300 metres up the north-east side of the Montalcino hill, a short way off the Strada del Brunello. The postcode is 53024, in the province of Siena.
• Can you visit Ridolfi? add remove
  Yes. Three guided tours with tastings are sold on the estate's own booking page, and all of them have to be booked in advance. Each takes one to eight people and runs in English or Italian. They start in the vineyard and the cellar before anyone sits down to taste. If you need to cancel, tell the estate at least 24 hours before your visit.
• What does Ridolfi make? add remove
  Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, a Brunello Riserva called Mercatale and a Brunello selection called Donna Rebecca. There is also a sparkling rosé, an organic olive oil and two grappas. The Montalcino wines are all Sangiovese. Fiero, a Tuscan red, is half Sangiovese and half Merlot from the owner's second estate near Pistoia.
• Are Ridolfi wines organic? add remove
  Yes. The estate lists organic certification on its own site, and its Brunello sheet spells out the organic farming behind it. Nothing synthetic is sprayed, grape moths are put off by scent rather than killed, and cover crops are ploughed back in to feed the soil. The estate olive oil is sold as organic too.
• Who makes the wine at Ridolfi? add remove
  Gianni Maccari. He arrived in 2014 after fourteen years at Poggio di Sotto, where he worked with Giulio Gambelli, the master taster of Sangiovese. Giuseppe Peretti has owned the estate since 2011.
• Can you eat at Ridolfi? add remove
  There is no restaurant, but the estate will lay on a tasting lunch for small groups if you ask ahead. It is Tuscan cooking matched to the wines, and it depends on what is free that day. Ask by email at [email protected] or by phone on +39 334 2042594.