AZIENDA AGRICOLA POGGIO SALVI – SOVICILLE (SI)

L’Azienda Agricola Poggio Salvi is located at about 11 chilometres  south-west of the city of Siena, in the  Comune of Sovicille in the province of  Siena, on the slope of a hill 280 m. above sea level, in the heart of Tuscany. Poggio Salvi is within the region called Chianti Colli Senesi, one of the seven areas recognized as Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (D.O.C.G.) of the Chianti district.
The estate extends on a  surface of 15Ha ettari in a medium mixed soil  with tufa which is the characteristic of the areas around the city of Siena. The climate is of continental type with cold winters, humid springs and very hot and dry summers that facilitate the ripening of the grapes.
The  vineyards cover about 8ha, 5 of which are part of the Chianti Colli Senesi D.O.C.G., while the others produces wines of geographic appellation. Some of the vineyards date back to the 1970’s, but the majority  of them was planted recently with a higher density of plants per ha (5000). (5.000).
In 1980 Mrs.Laura Bicchi and her mother Grazia Mari, with the help of Laura’s husband, Roberto Bonucci, took over the management of the farm giving it a modern imprint and a new life internationally. Since then, it has been a continue search for improvement in the quality of production, without loosing sight of tradition, investing in new autochthon grapes such as Sangiovese, Colorino and black Malvasian. From 1st of January 2004 the proprietorship of the Azienda Agricola was handed over to Jacopo Bonucci, the son of Laura Bicchi and Roberto Bonucci, who had just obtained is qualification as Perito Agrario (agricolture expertise) with a specialization in Enology, who started to managed the production activities.

Average yearly production( 750 ml bottles)