Podere Fortuna is situated 25 kilometers north of Florence in the heart of Tuscany, among the beautiful hills of the Mugello valley. The area has been the earth of great artists, such as Giotto and Beato Angelico, and of the Medici family, that since 1300 have been part of Florence history. Wine's production in Podere Fortuna has been documented since 1465 when it was a part of the "Castello di Cafaggiolo" property, owned by Lorenzo il Magnifico, and in 1629 the Podere had a specialized vineyard, so unusual for that period, counting more than 8000 vines.
Since 2001 we have planted new varieties of vines such as the Pinot Noir that seems to be particularly suitable for our weather and soil conditions. The vineyard, which has been planted with over 7.000 vines per hectare is divided in three parts whose grapes are separately harvested and vinified in order to verify the differences during all the phases of wine evolution.
The grapes are hand harvested in small boxes and selected by two different triage tables before the vinification in French oak open vats. After a period of skin contact and fermentation of about 18th to 25th days, according to grapes conditions, the wine is left in Frence oak barriques for the following 12 months. After this period we decided how to blend the wines coming from the various parts of the vineyard and let them settle in cement vats for the following six months. Than we put the wine in bottle and we let it in the cellar for the 12 months of refinement preceding the sale that starts in the month of March of the third year following the harvest.