Natural
winemaking
The inspiration for Colombaia originated with the Lomazzi family,
the descendents of generations of winegrowers. At the beginning
of the 1900s, “Fratelli Lomazzi” was distributing wine
produced in Puglia, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna.
The current winery was established in the 1970s at Colle Val d‘Elsa
in the hamlet of Mensanello, by reclaiming a long-abandoned farm
and extending the existing vineyard. In 2003, the family's eldest
son brought new enthusiasm to production, fine-tuning the family's
traditions of winemaking expertise. |
The
house and wine cellar are centrally located on the hill at 220 mt.
altitude, surrounded at south-west by 3 hectares of 40 years old
vineyard composed by Tuscany native grapes: Sangiovese, Colorino,
Malvasia Nera and Canaiolo; and 1 hectar planted in 2005, totally
grown in biodynamic, with Sangiovese, Colorino.
The complete conversion to organic farming methods (certified by
Istituto Meditteraneo di Certificazione) took place in 1999 and
resulted from a deliberate choice to return to a natural, traditional
lifestyle based on respect for the environment and its protection.
From 2005 Colombaia apply the biodynamic practices to all the property,
and work natural in all the vinification process. |
A
small, self-sufficient wine cellar that enables the grapes to be
processed as soon as they are harvested, by hand, a vinification
process in concrete vats using the traditional fermentation “a
capello sommerso” (submerged cap).
The natural fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature
thanks to the “buried” vats. Then, the wine is transferred
in large Slavonian oak barrels (26 hectolitre) for at least 18/24
months. |
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Our final product
from the old vineyard is Colombaia IGT (a unique wine, that represent
our territory and vintage (different colour label for each vintage
as a truly reflection of the season of each year), a white wine
Bianco Toscano IGT made with Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes, and
from the youngest vineyard the red wine VIGNA NUOVA.
Member
of :
Renaissance de Terroir ( www.renaissance-italia.it)
e dell’Association Vin naturel France (www.lesvinsnaturels.org)
Certify
Organic IMC from 1999 and Demeter from 2007
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