Tolaini Al Passo Toscana 2021

Pierluigi Tolaini spent 45 years in Canada dreaming of returning to Tuscany to make world-class wine. When he finally came back in 1998, he didn’t mess around – he bought prime Chianti Classico land, the world’s top consultant, Michel Rolland, and built a state-of-the-art winery from scratch.

Tolaini’s approach combines old-world terroir with new-world precision. High-density planting up to 11,500 vines per hectare, individual drip irrigation, two green harvests, and optical sorting ensure only perfect fruit makes it to fermentation. The estate’s location in Castelnuovo Berardenga, Chianti Classico’s southernmost commune, provides the mineral backbone that elevates this blend beyond typical Super Tuscan territory.