Poliziano

Azienda Agricola Poliziano is a modern wine estate located a couple of miles northeast of Montepulciano near the small village of Gracciano. It was established in 1961 by Frederico Carletti when there were only 25 hectares of vineyards; today, there are over 90. After taking his degree in agriculture, Federico Carletti worked in northern Italy. In 1980, he returned to Tuscany and worked full-time on his father's Estate. In the past two decades, Federico has created some of the finest wines in this top-quality wine-producing area. Federico chose the name "Poliziano" because he loved the work of a renowned native poet, Angelo Ambrogini. Some of Poliziano's wines, such as Le Stanze, were named after the poet. Federico Carletti is "convinced that fine wines originate in the vineyard". Selected clones, planting layouts, rootstock, pruning methods, and training systems are chosen to ensure the quality of the grapes. This is the starting point for the wines: they are made only from grapes grown on the Estate, respecting their original vintage and the typicality of their area. Under the auspices of winemaking consultant guru Carlo Ferrini, this Estate reaches new heights with every vintage, with its Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and its two Super-Tuscans, Elegia and Le Stanze.