ATIS
Bolgheri DOC Superiore
2018
ULMUS AMAT VITEM, VITIS NON DESERIT ULMUS; SEPAROR A DOMINA CUR EGO SAEPE MEA?
The elm loves the vine and the vine doesn’t desert the elm; why so many times am I separated from my beloved?

Vitis maritae, the vine “married” to a tree, first Etruscan, then Roman …
till the twentieth century,
millennial love symbol

VINEYARD: selection of parts of Campo Grande and Campo Ferro: 2,68 ha
We have imagined an ancient king, ATIS*,
Annalisa and Michele
*ATIS was a mythic king, at the origin of Etruscan people, the first civilization of our territory and first winegrowers.
We have imagined an ancient king, ATIS*,
majestic and austere,walking these hills,
his glance still a little wild.
His hand is caressing the branches of the vines
that climb the trees, ... like us today.
Annalisa and Michele
*ATIS was a mythic king, at the origin of Etruscan people, the first civilization of our territory and first winegrowers.
The artisan wine ATIS expresses our Genius Loci, the Spirit of the Place: the Tuscany of Bolgheri, made of hills and sea, our expertise of artisan winemakers, wonderful little parts of vineyard selected one by one, stratifications of history and culture.
VINEYARD: Atis is born from selected micro-parcels of our vineyards Campo Grande and Campo Ferro, with Cabernet sauvignon (80%), Rebo (15%) and Cabernet franc (5%).
The vineyards are among the woody hills of Bolgheri, on the first slopes of the Segalari Hill, in a little valley with direction East-West, marked by the Fossa di Bolgheri stream. We manage them with care and expertise, according to the best practices of sustainable viticulture.
Climate: Mild-Mediterranean, windy. In the hilly area, there is the cooler climate of the territory, with a broad day-night temperature differentials on summer.
Soil: alluvial, very deep, sandy-clay, with some more clay areas, rich of pebbles.
PRODUCTION: Each parcel is harvested and fermented separately. Our work is artisan, done with the utmost attention to detail and the aim of enhancing the territorial characteristics of the selected grapes. Aging took place for 24 months in old oak barrels on the lees, with weekly stirring. It is clarified with some racking (not filtered). Then, there is an aging in bottle for at least one year, in the best conditions of storage.
Available bottle sizes: 750 ml - (Magnum) 1,5 liter - (Jéroboam) 3 liter - (Mathusalem) 6 liter - (Salmanazar) 9 liter - (Balthazar) 12 liter.
The vineyards are among the woody hills of Bolgheri, on the first slopes of the Segalari Hill, in a little valley with direction East-West, marked by the Fossa di Bolgheri stream. We manage them with care and expertise, according to the best practices of sustainable viticulture.
Climate: Mild-Mediterranean, windy. In the hilly area, there is the cooler climate of the territory, with a broad day-night temperature differentials on summer.
Soil: alluvial, very deep, sandy-clay, with some more clay areas, rich of pebbles.
PRODUCTION: Each parcel is harvested and fermented separately. Our work is artisan, done with the utmost attention to detail and the aim of enhancing the territorial characteristics of the selected grapes. Aging took place for 24 months in old oak barrels on the lees, with weekly stirring. It is clarified with some racking (not filtered). Then, there is an aging in bottle for at least one year, in the best conditions of storage.
Available bottle sizes: 750 ml - (Magnum) 1,5 liter - (Jéroboam) 3 liter - (Mathusalem) 6 liter - (Salmanazar) 9 liter - (Balthazar) 12 liter.

ATIS is an important red wine that can have a very long life if well-conserved. Best storage is in a dark and fresh place, in a lying down bottle.
We suggest to serve it at 18°C (64°F), waiting for some time after uncorking. This wine is alive and it should be tasted slowly, feeling how it changes in the glass while it oxygenates.
It is excellent by itself or pairing with intense flavor food.
We suggest to serve it at 18°C (64°F), waiting for some time after uncorking. This wine is alive and it should be tasted slowly, feeling how it changes in the glass while it oxygenates.
It is excellent by itself or pairing with intense flavor food.
Current release VINTAGE 2018:: it is counted among the "cool" vintages for our territory. Winter and spring were very rainy, so there was no lack of water in the summer, hot and dry as usual (but without excess). The maturation was very long and regular. In the second half of September, there was a particular event: the north-east wind blew for a long time, lowering the temperatures by almost 10 degrees (up to 20°C), always with sunny weather. The cool and dry period completed the character of extreme elegance and complexity of this wine. We harvested Rebo and Cabernet franc in the last week of September, ending with Cabernet sauvignon on Sept. 30th.