Vines up to a thousand years of age have been found very close to the Badia di Passignano wineworks. Literally hundreds of books at the Florence state archive attest to the significance of Badia di Passignano in the history of Chianti. The idyllic limestone slopes rise to an altitude of three hundred metres, one of the most beautiful and productive areas of Chianti Classico. To this day, the focus of the Antinori team, is on preserving the traditions of viticulture, with the aim of articulating the character which gives Badia di Passignano its distinctive identity.

A pure Sangiovese wine from fruit grown to two elite blocks, Argiano's oldest estate vineyard at Montalcino, Vignoni established 1966 and Oliviera planted some years later. Every year during the invaiatura, when grapes get maximum input from the vine, Argiano reduces the yield down to about four or five bunches, achieving massive concentration in the fruit.

Every year during invaiatura, when grapes receive maximum input from the vine, Argiano reduces the yields on their two finest blocks of Sangiovese down to four or five bunches. This increases concentration of the berries and achieves remarkable intensity in the limited release Suolo, one of Tuscany's flagship wines. The palate is long and lasting with hints of balsam, earth and lingering fruit, an impressive capital of tannins and acidity.

Suolo means soil, the rich confluence of Tuscan terroirs which host Argiano's oldest vines. Sangiovese is sourced off two elite vineyard blocks, cropped to a mere four or five bunches per vine, intensifying the flavours in the grapes and achieving extraordinary concentration. Just 3,000 bottles and sixty magnums of Suolo are made annually from the limited yields of these precious sites.

The estate of Argiano is located in the county of Montalcino, a small village which dates back to the middle ages, nestled on top of a hill at 500 meters above sea level. The poet Alfonso Gatto defined Montalcino as a village of confidence and at the same time a window to the apocalypses.

Solengo is an articulation of the unique soils and mesoclimes which nurture Argiano's splendid old vines. Due to a convergence of propitious growing conditions, the noble red grapes of France's Medoc and Cotes du Rhone, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, Merlot and Syrah, can be grown to achieve extraordinary qualities in terms of concentration, ripeness and finesse. Argiano have long since taken their pick of vineyards, appropriating harvests of the finest quality from many of Tuscany's most eminent and ancient winegrowing families.

Argiano is an ancient place, full of history. At the summit of a wonderful hill, southwest of Montalcino, the magnificent Villa of Argiano was built during the renaissance by the Peccis, a noble family from Siena. The very special vineyards which make a contributrion to Solengo are endowed with a convergence of propitious growing conditions which are ideal for the noble red grapes of France's Medoc and Cotes du Rhone, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, Merlot and Syrah.

Solengo means the lone wild boar, a muscular cepage of French varietals grown to rich Tuscan soils. Profound for it's heightened levels of finesse, balance and depth, the formulation of Argiano's long serving cellar master and a team of illustrious winemaking identities. A wine of grace and gentle affability suited to early drinking, while ensuring exciting complexity and depth as Solengo continues to evolve.

Argiano is an ancient place, full of history, where wise men searched for the altar of the Roman god Janus. At the summit of a wonderful hill, southwest of Montalcino, the magnificent Villa of Argiano was built during the renaissance by the Peccis of Siena. Since 1500, the noble families of Tuscany produced wines from these superb vineyards for their own consumption and enjoyment. Solengo means lone wild boar, a muscular cepage of French varietals grown to rich Tuscan soils, profound for it's great finesse, refined balance and exceptional depth.

A pure Sangiovese wine sourced from a panorama of picturesque vineyards to the far south of Chianti Classico. The younger sibling to the eminent Argiano Brunello Montalcino, which may include components of declassified Brunello grapes or parcels off vines just outside the Brunello DOCG. A fresher, early drinking style with excellent structure and long, generously flavoured, sweetly tannic palate. Completely food friendly, the perfect match with red meats and veal, bruschetta and cheese.

A reference to the Argiano label, Non Confunditur was the motto of the Lovatelli Gaetani d'Aragona family. Fashioned from the conspicuous regional cepage of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah, Non Confunditur is fashioned to be ripe and forward drinking, generously flavoured and smoothly integrated, an excellent introduction to the super Tuscan icons of Montalcino.

Olive oil figures prominently in the history and culture of Montalcino. The picturesque, undulating slopes of the region were covered by olive groves long before vineyards were ever planted. L'Orciaia is a place where olive oil was stored in earthenware jars. Argiano L'O is the super tuscan cepage of Cabernet and Sangiovese with a fifth of Merlot, assembled from a tapestry of vineyard soils including light sands and limestone to clays and schist, lightly pebbled to hard and stony soils, all contributing bucolic complexity and textural minerality to the wine.

Brunello di Montalcino is one of the world’s great wines, crafted from the pick of Sangiovese, hand sorted for excellence, off the most stately vineyards in all Tuscany. Montalcino enjoys one of the warmest and driest mesoclimes in Tuscany, grapes ripen a week earlier than nearby Chianti Classico and achieve the most amazing intensity. Brunello spends its first year in French oak barriques, building structure and infusing complexity, followed by transfer to larger format oak to integrate the layers of palate and arrive at a place of exceptional balance.

There are only forty eight hectares of Argiano estate vineyards around the greater Montalcino region, planted to propitious southerly exposures, they enjoy magnificent growing conditions year round. Ancient seas once covered these terroirs and the soils contain large quantities of mineral, essential for the unique character and peerless quality of wines. Vintages of Brunello di Montalcino date back to the 14th century, the are distinguished by their elegance, wines of outstanding concentration, rounded, voluptuous body and refined, silky tannins.

Just south of Florence, amongst the warm dry climes of Montalcino, growers of a small dark Sangiovese clone, nicknamed Brunello, have been tending their family vines since the 14th century. The best parcels are reserved for processing by Argiano, who fashion this unique grape into one of Italy's most stately wines, the perfect combination of elegance and power. Crafted to the enduring winemaking techniques of times long past, decant for at least an hour before service.

Since 1888, Montalcino's finest Sangiovese grapes have been devoted to Brunello, one of the world's most renowned red wines. Argiano selects fruit from its noblest vineyards, to be vinified and aged in the most extravagant oak. A full year in French 225 litres barriques builds structure and integrity, followed by eighteen months in larger Slovenian oak casks to ensure the concentration of flavours are beginning to soften just as the wine is bottled.