Serraluna Toscana Rosso 2022

Stefano di Blasi passion for winemaking is primarily founded by his love of nature, followed by the creative aspect wine enables. He graduated from the University of Florence in 1995 and joined the Research and Development winemaking team of Marchesi Antinori in 1997 to create what would become two of the world’s most iconic wines; Tignanello and Solaia. This first vintage, 1997, of Solaia was the first Italian wine ever to achieve number 1 place in Wine Spectator Top 100.

Australia holds a special place in Stefano’s heart as he advanced his learnings at Antinori working with an Australian winemaker, Michael Simmons. Then, in 2000, he worked alongside Brian Croser at Petaluma and Peter Gago at Magill Estate, always fine tuning his artistic approach.

Between 2007-2011 Stefano was responsible for one of the most important research programmes on Sangiovese in Tuscany, the ‘Consorzio Tuscania’.

Today, Stefano is fortunate enough to afford himself the time to make great wine accessible to a wider audience, all the while preserving his integrity and love for the art of winemaking.

Giving more people an opportunity to taste the qualities of Tuscan wines is Stefano’s primary goal. Through decades of experience working across the expanse of the region, he has selected the best Sangiovese from central Tuscany where it achieves optimum ripeness. He sources the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from the Tuscan coast, next to Bolgheri, to bring structure but also body and power to this Baby SuperTuscan. A portion of the Cabernet and Merlot see new French oak to soften the wood for Sangiovese, which is more sensitive to this extraction. After 9 months the wine is taken off oak and blended in tank to marry and settle before bottling.