1993 Castello di Monsanto Fabrizio Bianchi Nemo

Castello di Monsanto is in the Val d’Elsa in Tuscany. The 175-acre estate was acquired in 1960 by Aldo Bianchi. By 1962 his son Fabrizio started making wine on the estate and in the 1980s the cellar and winemaking facilities were significantly renovated. The estate, still owned and run by the Bianchi family, is the Chianti appellation. Besides Sangiovese wines it also produces Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon-blended Super Tuscans. About 400,000 bottles are produced annually. Gambero Rosso has often awarded 3 Glass awards – the highest the journal gives – to the estate’s Chianti. Gambero Rosso’s reviewer writes: “We have grown accustomed to the consistently fine continuity of the wines, which are very land-rooted in character, without stinting on extremely sophisticated, precise execution.”