About Sorgenti

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Fattoria La Sorgenti are the passionate creators of the beautiful Tuscan wines Sghiras, Scirus, Gaiaccia and Respiro Chianti Colli Fiorentini. As well the beautiful Vin Santo we call Infinito and delicous olive oils. 

These ancient vineyards have been the property of Elisabetta and Gabriele Ferrari since 1974. Quality has been steadily raised by Gabriele's immaculate vineyard work, while Filippo, their oenologist son, is responsible for vinification and elevage of these award winning wines.

“It is the squirrel that has chosen Le Sorgenti populating its park and woods. Full of energy and with its curious and careful character he is the keeper of the forests and the symbol of continuity, taking care of carefully burring part of his stock of food for the winter time, he allows new generations of trees to grow.  It is the squirrel the animal with whom we want to identify our estate and our philosophy he as us is the passing keeper of the greater patrimony, the Earth”

These are the words use by Gabriele Ferrari to explain the choice of the estate logo and his feelings towards the propriety that since 1974 he has grown with his family.
Viticulture and expert of olive trees he personally takes care of the countryside as his wife Elisabetta Ferrari, administrates the estate and with great passion she dedicates her self to gardening and apiculture.
A Family moved by passion and profoundly tied to earth that has transferred eighth patience and trust to there son Filippo Ferrari casting towards growth and innovation.
The natural evolutional growth has lead Filippo in a degree in winemaking and in a passion toward the commercial direction, and through the cooperation of a young Sommelier Christian Giorni who takes care of PR of the Estate and Agriturismo, becoming the spokesman of there wine for Italy and the hole World.
A young, dynamic and purposive reality, that does not forget the importance of the conservation of nature and of guaranteeing in the products and in receiving guests a high quality standard.

The Land
“Le Fleuve fait beaux le chateaux”. This old limerick of Bordeaux vigneron reminds us of the importance of the river in creating the unique microclimate of the estate.
The Arno River frames “Le Sorgenti in this ancient and variegated land a few kilometers away from the center of Florence. Built in the 1300 the estate know under the name of “l’Alberigna” was enlarged in the centuries from the families that lived in it, transformed in “Villa” from Cosimo Bardi in 1585. The Bardi family maintained the propriety of the Villa until 1885 year in which the “Fattoria Le Sorgenti” comes to life from the hands of the Pillori family.
Purchased from the Ferrari Ricci family in 1959, the villa bears its actual name to three ancient water springs, “Fonte Gaia”, “Fonte del Re” and “Fonte del Noce” all still active inside the propriety.
The total extension reaches 58 hectares of which 16 are vined, 12 are cultivated with olive trees.


The Vines
The vines cultivated are the precious and traditional ones of the Tuscan viticulture tradition.
The vines are thought and grown to produce wines destined to be all “Cru” production.
Capaccio, Torre Rossa, la Sala, Pozzo delle Fate, La Tavolina, La Terrazza, Le Sorgenti e Gli Istrici are the names of the vineyards of the Estate, each one with their unique peculiar characteristics.
Grapes are assisted in respect of the different pedoclimatical needs of each year and each wine is evoluted looking for quality, typicality and excellence. The work in the vineyards is done manually with a calibered running of each plant with balanced Guyots and cordons, to concentrate all of the microclimate typicality’s of the terroir.
The theories of bio balancing and organic fertilization are integrated by pondered use of antiparasites.
In the pre-vintage phases monitoring work is concentrated and meticulous, through organoleptic and chemical-physical analysis, necessary to determine the ripeness of fruits, once ready it is manually harvested only.

Vineyards are delighted by a happy exposition to sun, rich of skeleton and organic substances they are regulated by good thermical excursions which sustains a limited and precious production.


CAPACCIO
Altitude: 450 Mt Above Sea Level
Exposition: North – East / South -West
Soil: sand 43% - silt 18% - clay 39%
Grape variety: Sangiovese/Merlot


TORRE ROSSA
Altitude: 200mt A.S.L.
Exposition: South – West
Soil: sand 11.7% - silt 45.3% - clay 43%
Grape variety: Sangiovese, Petit Verdot, Alicante Bouchet


LA SALA
Altitude: 150mt A.S.L.
Exposition: South – West
Soil: sand 20.8% - silt 52.8% -clay26.4%
Grape variety: Sangiovese


POZZO DELLE FATE
Altitude: 100mt A.S.L.
Exposition: North – East
Soil: sand 18.9% - silt 52.9% - clay 28.2%
Grape variety: Trebbiano, Chardonnay


LA TERRAZZA
Altitude: 100mt A.S.L.
Exposition: North – East
Soil: sand 12.5% - silt 57.2% - clay 30.3%
Grape variety: Cabernet Sauvignon


LA TAVOLINA
Altitude: 100mt A.S.L.
Exposition: North – East
Soil: sand 11% - silt 57.7% - clay 31.3%
Grape variety: Chardonnay


LE SORGENTI
Altitude: 100mt A.S.L.
Exposition: North – East
Soil: sand 11% - silt 57.7% - clay 31.3%
Grape variety: Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot


GLI ISTRICI
Grape variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Exposition: North – East
Soil: sand 11% - silt 57.7% - clay 31.3%
Grape variety: Sauvignon Blanc




PRODUCTION

The production of the Fattoria Le Sorgenti:

• Scirus Tuscany IGT Red Supertuscan
• Gaiaccia Tuscany IGT Red Supertuscan
• Respiro Chianti Colli Fiorentini ( Hillsides of Florence) DOCG
• Sghiràs Tuscany IGT White Supertuscan
• Vin Santo Colli Etruria Centrale DOC
• Laudemio Olive Oil

Since 1998 the estate has rebalanced its energies towards production excellence being placed year after year next to the most beautiful winemaking expressions of the terroir and of the world.
Thanks to the always careful agronomical practice and the renewed consciousness in vinifying techniques and wine maturation, the growth of quality in the latest years has been exponential.
Both in Italy and abroad, the wines of “Le Sorgenti” have won medals and acknowledgments prizing the effort and passion of a family conducted staff where behind each segment of the productive process correspond a name and a face.
From the table wines to the great I.G.T. to the Vin Santo and Laudemio, all fruits are obtained in total respect of nature, capable of expressing the terrior’s potentials through the family and coworkers careful interpretation, signing bottles of unique personality and taste.
Beyond Wine and Olive Oil the estate also produces honey.
From the passion to apiculture of Elisabetta Ferrari the two natural Acacia and “thousand flower” honeys originate from the essences of the centuries old trees of our park.
Other great attraction to the Fattoria is the opening of the Villa to winetourists and to all those that search for peaceful places in the nature of Tuscany, where to discover its beauty and goodness.
Since 2006 four rooms are available for tourists, bright, quiet spaces in the ancient manor.
In the park the swimming pool, the terrace and the garden with comfort the spending of your vacation at Villa Le Sorgenti, beginning every day with freshly baked croissants and cakes, brunch by the pool with local specialties and tasting traditional and fusion cuisine with the estate wines.

WINES DENOMINAZIONE BLENDING AGEING BOTTLE SIZE PACKAGING QUANTITY
SCIRUS
2005 Toscana I.G.T. C.Sauvignon 50%
Merlot 50% 22 month aged in new barriques 12 month in bottle 750 ml
3000 ml 6 bottles case 6000 bottles
GAIACCIA 2006 Toscana I.G.T Sangiovese 80%
Merlot 20% 20 month aged in new barriques 6 month in bottle 750 ml 6 bottles case 8000 bottles
RESPIRO 2006 Chianti Colli Fiorentini D.O.C.G. Sangiovese 98%
Trebbiano 2% 12 month evolved in still with microoxygenation 750 ml 12 bottles case 20000 bottles
SGHIRÀS 2006 Toscana I.G.T Chardonnay 60%
Sauvignon blanc 40% 16 month aged in tonneaux 6 months in bottles 750 ml 6 bottles case 4000 bottles
VINSANTO Colli Etruria Centrale D.O.C. Trebbiano 70%
Malvasia 20%
Sangiovese 10% 5 years aged in little barrels at 50 l e 100 l 500 ml 6 bottle case or single 700 bottles
GRAPPA DI VINSANTO Trebbiano 70%
Malvasia 20%
Sangiovese 10%

/ 500 ml 6 bottles case 180 bottles
GRAPPA DI CHIANTI Sangiovese 98%
Trebbiano 2% 6 month aged in old barriques 500 ml 6 bottles case 550 bottles

THE PASSION

To an important heritage such as earth, a profession is tied, that ties the passion for nature to the will of expressing art through wine. Fillippo states “ Wine is an important vehicle of expression, we communicate our self through it, our taste our personality is tied to earth through wine”. Cristian continues “It is not a job that end at the end of the day. Wine is human, it has body, mind and soul, as wine lives it improves in time, it needs respect and know how first of all”. On the same false line the words of Gabriele: “ being able to transform and evolve at its best what nature donates it is for us a moral duty, compared to conducing a child in the journey of life”. Gabriele ads: “Body and soul tell of a person. Through the person wine tells its tale. Magic created from man for man to express the joy of living and giving space to the lightness of our own spirit.



Our wines and olive oil, in the world:

. U.S.A.
- Wines, for all states www.winesfrombedford.com
- Laudemio, for all states www.ahtoscana.com

. Estados Unidos Mexicanos Mèxico www.ad-vinum.com.mx

. CANADA :
- Montréal www.lacelestelevure.ca
- Ontario www.celestialbrands.com

. Regno di Danimarca www.magazzino.dk
. Konungariket Sverige piero@alexport.it
.U.K. www.harperwells.com / www.cadmanfinewines.co.uk / marlowe@culturalprospect.co.uk
. Nederland De Bilt www.qvignes.nl

. CH :
- Zürich www.vergani.ch
- Perroy www.vinitoscani.ch
- Lugano www.caveduroi.com

. Republik Österreich Pashing www.weinkulinarium.com
. Rzeczpospolita Polska Wroclaw MG Casa di Vino tomasz.maksymiak@pdk.com.pl
. Moscow Kollektsiva Vin dkrassilnikov@mail.ru
. ?????? Singapore www.winecaviar.com
. ?? Hengzou Shangai Marco Polo Project luisa@progettomarcopolo.it
liu@meilianart.com
. ??? Nippon-koku Japan Tokyo www.grande-same.com

. Italia :
- Biella, Piemonte, Svizzera Italiana www.caveduroi.com
- Brescia www.vinoedintorni.com
- Ferrara sqwerty@squerzantipaolo.191.it info@fattoria-lesorgenti.com
- Firenze www.vintage04.it
- Lucca zanniflli@interfree.it info@fattoria-lesorgenti.com
- Livorno vinextra@tiscali.it info@fattoria-lesorgenti.com
- Roma tizianagallo@libero.it
- Ascoli Piceno Wines Store info@winesstore.it



The wines of Fattoria Sorgenti are remarkable for their definition of aroma, balance and finesse.

They are the body, the mind and the soul of the uniquely Tuscan way of interacting with the world.