A narrow, winding road flanked by vineyards and lined with straight-as-an-arrow cypress trees leads through the undulating Tuscan hillside toward the Poggio Antico Winery. The setting – a rustic 200-hectare estate, dominated by woodlands, olive groves and vineyards – is spectacular, but no less so are the stellar wines produced by this family-run Montalcino winery. The iconic Brunello di Montalcino wine was the first in Italy to receive the most prestigious wine classification, D.O.C.G. (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita – controlled and guaranteed from the origin), and along with other wines has been consistently praised in international media. Poggio Antico, one of the highest-altitude estates in Tuscany, dates to the early 19th century, although no wine was made here until the 1970s, when a wine cellar was built. In 1984, the Milanese couple Giancarlo and Nuccia Gloder, who had fallen in love with the estate, its wines, and this beautiful corner of Tuscany, bought Poggio Antico. Since 1987, their daughter Paola has managed the winery; in 1998, her husband, Alberto Montefiori, joined her. The estate’s high altitude – which ensures cool nights – leaves an unmistakable footprint on the wines made here, creating a full bouquet that’s hard to find elsewhere in Montalcino.
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