Frascole sits between Mugello and Valdisieve, high in the hills northeast of Florence. Vineyards range roughly from 300 to 500 metres, where Chianti Rufina’s cooler, more extreme conditions give the wines a noticeably different feel from warmer parts of Tuscany.
The Lippi and Santoni families have run the farm personally since 1992. They have worked organically from the start, with official organic certification since 1999, farming both vines and olive trees around the small medieval hamlet.
The estate grows Tuscan varieties such as Sangiovese and Trebbiano, alongside a few international grapes. But the clearest way to understand Frascole is patience. In Albis sulle bucce spends extended time on skins and ageing, while the estate’s Vinsanto can take more than ten years before release.
Nothing here feels rushed. The wines tend to reward the same approach.
