Perazzeta

Alessandro Bocci is positively in love with his estate. Spreading his arms wide to display the 200º view of the valley below, he grins, “I have to come work here every day.” And how beautiful it is. Driving up the dusty road to the estate, one is surrounded by olive trees, yellow Scotch Broom and the occasional succulent. Across the silent valley, Montalcino seems at once close and a world away. Most of the year, Alessandro is a one-man show in the fields, with fifteen friends and family members helping during harvest. The density and complexity of his wines he attributes both to the unusually rich soils of the Montecucco zone, and to the family’s incredible selection standards: “Every year”, says Bocci, “we throw away approximately twice as many grapes as we press.”

Note: Alessandro’s savvy isn’t limited to wine—his incredible olive oil has now won ‘best in show’ out of 100 Maremma estates, for 2 years in a row!