Arnaldo Rossi

I've always believed that judging the work of others required putting yourself on the line, so after spending many years offering natural wines in my restaurant, I felt the time had come to produce my own.

In the vineyard, work is done manually, with the help of a small tractor for the Sella dell'Acuto vineyard only (the other plots are worked manually). Green manure is sown in the soil, sulfur and very little copper are applied, and a lot of manual cleaning is done. I really enjoy making many small harvests and then blending them as the wine grows, even using different vinification methods, from whole berry to whole bunch, from fermentation in wood to cement, from the use of fine lees to maceration with the skins. In the cellar, we work with very simple tools, with minimal temperature control during fermentation, using only indigenous yeasts and adding sulfites only when necessary. I produce around 7,000–8,000 bottles in total, and given the small size of my production, I don't have any type of certification.

Information

Domain Name:
Arnaldo Rossi
Winemaker's Name:
Arnaldo Rossi
Country:
Italy
Region:
Tuscany
Appellations:
Toscana bianco igt, Toscana igt rosso, Toscana rosato igt, Toscana rosso igt, Toscana sangiovese igt
Grape varieties:
White grapes, Sangiovese, Canaiolo bianco, Trebbiano, Malvasia, Canaiolo, Sanforte