Tuscany & the chianti district

Tuscany, one of the seats of Italian civilization, occupies the lands to the north of Rome on the Ligurian Sea, and includes the capital city of Florence, as well as the famed cities of Grosseto, Lucca, Pisa, and Siena, as well as the major port city of Livorno.

The history of Tuscany is the history of Italy. Originally settled by the Etruscans (from whom the name), then conquered by Rome, then by the Ostrogoths, the Lombards, and the Carolingians, it rose to prominence as a Grand Duchy in the Middle Ages and, under the Medici, sparked the Italian Renaissance. The Grand Duchy was abolished by Napoleon, restored after his exile, and eventually in 1860 incorporated into the growing Kingdom of Italy.

Eight Tuscan localities have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the historic Centre of Florence (1982); the Cathedral square of Pisa (1987); the historical centre of San Gimignano (1990); the historical centre of Siena (1995); the historical centre of Pienza (1996); the Val d'Orcia (2004), the Medici Villas and Gardens (2013), and Montecatini Terme (2021).

Sprawling across the center of Tuscany is the Chianti district. First delimited in the 13th century as the lands around the villages of Gaiole in Chianti, Radda in Chianti and Castellina in Chianti, the district was further codified by an edict of Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III di Medici in 1716 - the world’s first legal delimitation of a wine production area. The defined region drapes across the provinces of Firenze, Siena and Arezzo. In 1932, the core “Classico” district was defined, centered upon the original boundary of 1716. The protected Denominazione was finalized (ish) in 1967, and today the Chianti district includes some eight subzones, including Classico, Colli Arentini, Colline Senese, Chianti Rufina, and others.

To further complicate matters, the Chianti Classico DOCG (established 1996) is further divided into subzones (currently eight, in 2027 that changes to eleven). These Unitá geografiche aggiuntive (“additional geographical units” or UGAs) are only allowed for the new Gran Selezione level of Chianti Classico.

cantina tuscania

The winery was founded in 2008 as an experimental center for wine and wine research on the initiative of several important Chianti Classico producers gathered together as Consorzio Tuscania. Supported by PARSEC SRL technology, a Florentine company known internationally as the reference vanguard in the development of the most advanced technologies and innovative and effective solutions to improve the wine production process, the experimental center represents one of the largest and best equipped centers in the world.

Cantina Tuscania Srl was founded in 2015 following PARSEC SRL's acquisition of the then Consorzio Tuscania, which primarily focused on Sangiovese experimentation and research. Since then, thanks to PARSEC's growing investments, Cantina Tuscania's core business has become winemaking. In addition to contract winemaking, in 2016 it launched its own line of wines, produced from organically managed vineyards and using only indigenous varietals. Tuscania's rapid growth has resulted in the winery now operating 312 tanks of various sizes and materials as they continue their research projects and experimentation into perfecting the art of Tuscan winemaking.

The winery’s label artwork is specially commissioned from famed Tuscan artist Paolo Lazzerini, and evoke a view of the Tuscan landscape through a lens of childlike wonder.

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