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Red wine
Producer: Matteo Niccolai Vignaiolo
Figlio del Mondo 2024 Toscana IGT
Italy, TuscanyBolgheri, Livorno, Toscana
0.75L
13.5% Vol.
Grape variety: Cabernet Franc
Vinification: Spontaneous fermentation in wood with 12 days of skin maceration.
Aging: 6 months in used barriques
Serving temperature: 16-20° C
Allergens: contiene solfitiProduced from 100% Cabernet Franc, this wine is dedicated to Giorgio, Matteo’s father, who passed away shortly before the first vintage was released.
The grapes are harvested in late September at full ripeness, manually selected both in the vineyard and the cellar. It is a highly elegant red wine, standing out from the crowd; it represents the Bolgheri everyone knows, yet draws inspiration from the Francs from across the Alps. It represents an act of love toward the land of its birth, bearing the name of Giorgio who, through his stories and suggestions, passed down a love for Castagneto and Bolgheri to his children.
Tasting Notes
On the nose, aromas of bell pepper, grass, and underbrush alternate with blueberries, raspberries, and currants. On the palate, it is elegant, deep, round, and warm, yet gifted with a vibrant freshness that balances perfectly with the tannins.
A wine that never tires the palate—a meditation wine to be aged and shared with special people, letting the mind and dreams wander.
Bottles Produced: 300
"It is a hymn to introspection, to the winds, to the saltiness, to the hills, to the summers that never return, to inherited traditions, and to the uncertain future." Matteo
From the producer
Matteo Niccolai Vignaiolo
Matteo Niccolai, Vignaiolo ‘Ostinato’.
Matteo's story begins and now continues in Bolgheri, one of Tuscany's most important wine areas. It is a return to the land and to the roots: the Niccolai family has lived here for many generations. In between, Matteo was a restaurateur and creator of the ‘I Mattaioni’ project together with his friend Stefan.
At a certain point, returning home with a personal project was too strong a call. So it is not a story of speculation or exploitation of the fame that the territory has built up over the years, but rather a contrary thrust: in an area dominated by the presence of large wine entrepreneurs, many times ‘outsiders’ and not historically linked to the territory, it is interesting and beautiful the story of a guy who without many means tries obstinately!
Stubborn is the approach, the need to work in a different way: only small plots of old vines to be recovered (the oldest is dated at the land registry in 1964, the youngest in 1998!), little organic work in the field and spontaneous vinification in the cellar. For wines that offer a completely new and unconventional vision of Bolgheri.
