Alessandro Tofanari

Alessandro Tofanari's winery in San Gimignano focuses on a single denomination, Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG: the white wine that gives oenological identity to this walled village in the Siena province. With a minimum alcohol content of 11.5%, these are balanced, mineral wines, an expression of a restricted area confined to a single municipality—one of the rare Italian white DOCGs limited to such a narrow perimeter. Concentrating on this single appellation means exploring it in depth rather than breadth: Vernaccia becomes the sole field where tradition and technique are measured, vintage after vintage. The result is a wine that eschews exuberance and seeks definition, where the minerality of the soil matters more than the pursuit of effect. Tofanari opens the cellar all year round: you can book a tasting and closely follow the stages of work, from vineyard to bottle, meeting the producer directly. It's the most direct way to understand why an entire town has linked its name to a single white grape variety.

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