Torre Bisenzio

OUR WINES

TORRE BISENZIO - SARNERO 2021
from £28.90
from £28.90
TORRE BISENZIO - SANGIOVESE 2020
from £23.90
from £23.90
TORRE BISENZIO - AMBRIS 2022
from £27.90
from £27.90
TORRE BISENZIO - BIANCO DI BISENZIO 2022
from £18.50
from £18.50
TORRE BISENZIO - GRECHETTO 2023
from £18.50
from £18.50
TORRE BISENZIO - IL PUGNALONE 2019
from £19.90
from £19.90
TORRE BISENZIO - FAMILY RESERVE 2019
from £44.90
from £44.90
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THE ESTATE

Described as ‘Italy’s best-kept secret’, Umbria is a rural Italian idyll, a region of exceptional food and wine production, rolling green hills and traditional villages. Here, days slow down; a life of good food and quality time with friends and family that has hardly changed in 500 years.

It was this authenticity and character that inspired the owners to invest in Torre Bisenzio. A run-down former farming estate infused with Umbrian charm and tradition, over the years, it has regained its place in the region as a working organic farm.

The estate is dedicated to preserving the historic indigenous Chianina. The white cattle that dot the fields are an ancient breed, raised in Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio for over 2000 years. Chianina beef is famed for its quality and nutritional value and is used to make the famous bistecca alla fiorentina premium steaks. Torre Bisenzio has been instrumental in increasing the population of the Chianina cattle in the area, and now boasts a 125-strong herd roaming the farm.

With 650 olive trees, 5 hectares of vines and 265 hectares of land (175 owned and 90 rented), the estate also produces red and white wines, a fragrant, high quality olive oil, and organic vegetables in the gardens of the Villas.

Guests can explore the heart of Italy without leaving the estate, spending hours wandering the woodlands, the olive groves and vineyards or visiting the farm and their wine production. Easy white tracks crisscross through the fields; a gentle walk through Umbria’s rural heritage.

SUSTAINABILITY

The whole estate is managed based on a strong sense of values and connection to the local community, including environmental sustainability within the estate and its produce being organically certified.

All of the water on the property is sourced from underground wells, and the electricity produced by solar panels on the barns.

OUR WINERY

Yeasts

Selected yeasts

  • Red: 7- 10 days, 25 – 28° C
  • White: 15 – 20 days, 15° C
  • Spumante: 15 – 20 days, 15° C
  • Red: 15 – 20 days
  • Ambris: one third of the mass on the lees in amphora for 6 months
  • Spumante: approx. 30 minutes

Bentonite (clay) for white only

  • Bianco di Bisenzio: Stainless steel 6 month and 2 months bottle
  • Ambris: part amphora, part stainless steel and part barrique
  • Red: 1 year stainless steel, 1 year aged barrels, 1 year bottle
  • Spumante: stainless steel for approx. 10 months. Second fermentation on the lees in bottle for approx. 25 months. No dosage. Further ageing in bottle for 2 months before release.

  • White: 60 – 90 mg/l
  • Red: 35 – 60 mg/l
  • Bianco di Bisenzio 2020 13.5%abv
  • Grechetto Umbria IGT 2020 13.5%abv
  • Ambris 2020 13.5%abv
  • Sauvignon Blanc Umbria IGT 2020 13.5%abv
  • Il Pugnalone 2017 13.5%abv
  • Umbria Rosso IGT 2017 13.5%abv
  • Sangiovese 2015 14%abv
  • Umbria IGT 2015 14%abv

  • Bianco di Bisenzio 2020
  • Il Pugnalone 2017
  • Sangiovese 2015

(750ml Bordeaux Bottle)

  • Ambris 2020 – Burgundy Bottle
  • Sangiovese: Natural cork


All other wines: Neutrocork (micro cork granule composition)