Winery: Boscarelli

Country / Region: Italy / Tuscany - Nobile di Montepulciano

Date Winery was established: 1962

Grape Variety: Sangiovese 100%

Alcohol Content / Volume: 14.5% / 750ml

First Vintage Released: 1991 – and Sangiovese 100% in 2001

Ratings: 94 pts. Wine Spectator / 93 pts. Robert Parker

Decanting Time: open bottle and decant for 1 hour.

Our suggestion for decanting time is based on bottles we tried at Txanton over 2020. We guarantee Txanton stocks are imported and maintained on a proper storage with right temperature and humidity.

Good to know: Il Nocio is a very special wine from Boscarelli that is born thanks to different types of Sangiovese vines nurtured by the soil and climate to produce special selections of Sangiovese Prugnolo Gentile since the year 1991.

The wine combines complexity and great aging potential with elegance and fragrance to impart the renowned purity of Prugnolo Gentile vintages. Only about 5000 bottles are released annually. Each Nocio cuvee is matured separately in French or Slavonian oak vats raging in capacity from 5 to 10 hectoliters. Maturation takes 18 to 24 months, with the final blend made at the end of the aging process using different percentages of single cuvee to define the characteristics of the vintage.

Located on the east side of the estate, Vigna del Nocio has been owned by Poderi Boscarelli since 1988. It covers about four hectares at an altitude ranging from 280 meters to 350 meters above sea level. The soil in their cultivation area, although alluvial, has different characteristics from the rest of the estate, with sandy and clay areas very distinct from one another.

The aging potential of our Nocio is measured in decades, so the optimal ripening period
recommended by us varies, depending on the vintage, beginning from the fifth year after harvest.

The story of this state began in 1962 with founder Egidio Corradi’s dream of producing a noble wine that exalts the aromas and flavors of his native land while imparting the elegance he loved. Born into an old Poliziana family in the Montepulciano region of the Siena countryside, he later graduated with a degree in economics and business. He spent most of his life working as an international broker in Genoa and Milan.

But his infinite passion for wine and deep knowledge of his home region induced him to buy two semi-abandoned small farms in Cervognano of Montepulciano, a stunning corner of old Etruscan Tuscany. The ancient soils had long been cultivated in the traditional way with different annual crops and small vineyards.

Egidio’s dream and vision were embraced and invigorated by his daughter Paola and her husband Ippolito De Ferrari. Driven by their strong determination and dedication, they started Poderi Boscarelli in the ’60s. The development that followed brought renewed life to the age-old farming estate as Paola and Ippolito planted their first specialized vineyards at a density of 3,500 plants per hectare. They also built the first winery by renovating and adapting old stables.

The original spirit of the estate has now passed to the third generation of the family. Each day Luca and Nicolò De Ferrari, sons of Paola and Ippolito, bring that same passion to wine production as they work to infuse each bottle with the aromas and flavors that Grandpa Egidio loved and searched for. Luca and Nicolò reselect and replant vineyards that continue to express the scents and range of characteristics of the incredible land that nurtures them.