Winemaker Notes

Winemaking techniques for this wine are meant to preserve the wine’s bright lively, fruit and freshness. This wine is intended to be drunk young and fresh – within the first two years.

At the nose a balanced bouquet of wild red berries and floral violet notes.  This Chianti has a blend of dryness and great freshness, with soft tannins and a medium body. The lingering finish of berries on the palate is pleasant and smooth. 

Blend 90% Sangiovese 10% red berry native vines

About Castello Gabbiano

In the land survey presented by Tommaso Soderini in 1464 to the ‘Offi cials’ of the Land
Registry of the Republic of Florence, it was noted that wine and oil were the most highly
prized produce of the estate.
The construction of the cellars, whose vaulted structure demonstrates their use for wine
production, was begun in 1124. In that epoch, the castle belonged to one of the most
important banking families of Florence, the Bardi, who, in the second half of the thirteenth
century, began the extension of the fortress by building perimeter walls and battlements
in the typical Guelph style of the era.
The castle remained in the possession of the Bardi until the early part of the 15th century,
when it passed to the Soderini family, one of the most politically infl uential families in
Florence. It was the Soderini who were responsible for the conversion of the turreted
manor house of Gabbiano in Fattoria, already completed by the late 15th century,
according to the description in the “land survey” presented in 1480 by the father of Pier
Soderini, Tommaso, to the Land Registry “Offi cials” of the Land Registry of the Republic
of Florence.
In the course of the century, new buildings were added on several occasions, as can be
deduced from the stonework, which reveals various phases of development, until it was
converted into a large quadrilateral building, which also formed a kind of private fortalice,
being furnished with four cylindrical turrets reinforcing the corners.
It was while in the possession of the Soderini that the Castle was converted into a
structure more like the present one, with the construction in 1505 of round towers at the
four corners of the castle, displaying French architectural infl uence. When the Soderini’s
struggle against the Medici led to them being declared rebels in the 16th century and
banned from Florence, the Castle was abandoned for a long time. Only in the 17th century,
when the Soderini were able to return to their homeland, was the Castle given new life,
as the inscription on a sandstone plaque over the entrance door informs us.
Under the two coats of arms of the Sorderini, the following is inscribed: “FRANC.
SODERINUS SENAT.GASP.F.RURIS HUIUS IN FAMIGLIA RESTITUTOR SUB.A MDCLII”
Above the coats of arms lies the motto that was dictated by Pier Soderini on the occasion
of his election as gonfalonier, or standard bearer, which reads “IUS UT PALMA FLO”
(“Iustus ut palma fl orebit”).
From the 19th century onwards, the families who owned the property carried out various
restoration works, fully respecting the features of the architectural complex of the Castle.
In the complex of buildings annexed to the castle, there is the neo-classical style private
chapel which was built in the 19th century under the ownership of the Del Turco family,
according to an inscription inside the little church dating from the restoration works in
1957 by the Lemmi.