The Fonterutoli estate covers a total area of 470 hectares, sixty nine of which are planted to vines, divided into four separate production zones with a south to southwest exposure, at altitudes ranging from 230-500 metres above sea level, Fonterutoli and Siepi, Badiola and Belvedere. The excellent exposures, exceptional soils and auspicious microclime, assure production of complex, elegant and imposing wines. Fruit is harvested from five special sites, planted to altitudes of 220 metres to 550 metres. Following a warm vinification in cone shaped fermenters, the wine completes malolactic and is treated to twelve months maturation in a high selection of new French oak barriques and puncheons.