Ampeleia 2004

Ampeleia began as a wine and not an estate, or even better the idea of a wine, elegant and smooth, as silk. The product of three friends, Elisabetta Foradori, Giovanni Podini and Thomas Widmann, Ampeleia simultaneously reflects their different origins and professions and their shared acute sensitivity for nature and culture. By acquiring an estate in southern Toscana in 2002, three friends transformed their dream into reality and from ancient greek ?ampelos? as grape came the name Ampeleia. The estate has been consciously structured through the acquisition of various parcels, some which are quite far from each other, with the precise aim of creating a vast array of altitude levels, terroirs and microclimates. Today, the estate consists of nearly 50 hectares that reflect the rich diversity that defines both the geography of the Maremma and the philosophy of Ampeleia.