2023 Donne Fittipaldi Bolgheri Rosso DOC Tuscany 6pk 6x750ml

Donne Fittipaldi was founded in 2004 by Maria Fittipaldi Menarini and is run alongside her four daughters — Carlotta, Giulia, Serena, and Valentina.

The estate sits along the prestigious Via Bolgherese in Bolgheri DOC, bringing elegant, poised intuition to an appellation historically known for heavy muscle and bold masculinity. This is what happens when five women take on Tuscany's most testosterone-soaked terroir and win on their own terms.

This Bolgheri Rosso is sourced from the prized Vigna del Bruciato vineyard and designed as a direct love letter to their unique coastal terroir. Bolgheri is a young but prestigious Tuscan appellation just south of Livorno, known for deeply colored, supple, age-worthy reds based on Bordeaux varieties. This is a classic, elegant Bordeaux-style blend that shows what Bolgheri can do when finesse leads.

The 2023 vintage brought density, concentration, and slightly firm tannins — hallmarks of an unsteady, stop-start ripening season. Extreme summer heat led to smaller berries and reduced yields, building deep, rich fruit and compact frames. The harvest started early, around the third week of August, and the wines carry succulent freshness from relatively low pH and high acidity. It's a vintage that rewards patience but drinks beautifully young.

Handpicked grapes are naturally fermented with indigenous wild yeasts, then the wine spends twelve months resting in second- and third-use French oak barriques.

The winemakers intentionally avoid heavy-handed new wood extraction, letting the fruit lead. The result is bright freshness and complex structure — subtle vanilla, licorice, and black pepper layered over black cherry and plum, with silky but present tannins that structure the palate without crowding it.