Wine Tasting at Fattoria Fibbiano

What is Fattoria Fibbiano?

Fattoria Fibbiano is located in the municipality of Terricciola, in the beautiful valley of the Era river. The estate's history dates back to 1707, a date carved into the stone of the main building's foundations.

But the true history of this place is even older, and literally hidden in the ground. Terricciola, known as the "town of wine", once lay beneath the sea. The soil on which the vineyard stands is literally packed with fossilised oyster shells and corals, which may sound like a geological curiosity, but has a real impact on the taste of the wine: this mineral-rich soil gives the wines a distinctive saltiness and depth that you won't find in many other parts of Tuscany.

A Family That Returned to Its Roots

The modern history of the estate begins in 1997, when Giuseppe Cantoni, a manager returning from a long career abroad, bought the farm to reconnect with his family's agricultural roots. Today it is run by his sons: Matteo and Nicola.

What sets Fibbiano apart from hundreds of other Tuscan wineries is their obsessive commitment to native grape varieties. When many Tuscan wineries in the 1960s and 70s were switching to international varieties to produce so-called Super Tuscans, the Cantoni family chose a different path, systematically selecting and replanting local varieties, in practice restoring their vineyards to the form they had centuries earlier.

The Wine of the Miraculous Spring

fter moving to Terricciola, the family discovered in their vineyards a variety called "Colombana", identical to the one that grew in Lombardy, in the very same location as the famous "Fonte delle Donne" (Women's Spring). From that moment on, they had no doubt: their first white wine would be named "Fonte delle Donne".

Colombana may be the only grape variety in the world currently produced under its own name by just one single winery, Fattoria Fibbiano.

What You Will Be Drinking

The estate relies exclusively on native Tuscan varieties: the red grapes Sangiovese, Sangiovese Forte, Sangiovese Polveroso, Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo and Colorino, and the white grapes Vermentino and Colombana. Some of the vines are over 100 years old.

Among the wines you may taste during the tasting are Casalini Chianti Superiore DOCG, Ceppatella DOC Terre di Pisa Sangiovese, and Fonte delle Donne, the wine that started it all.