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Il Palagione

San Gimignano · Siena (SI)
← Toscana
Established
1995
Giorgio Comotti
Yearly production
nine wines including three Vernaccia bottlings
Location
San Gimignano, Siena (SI), Tuscany
Siena (SI)
Vineyard area
17 ha
estate

Appellations

Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCGSan Gimignano DOC

History

Giorgio Comotti, formerly a driving-school owner near Turin in Piedmont, acquired the Podere Palagione (a farmstead dating to 1594) in 1995 and spent his first years restructuring and replanting.

A small, well-equipped winery was built in 2001.

Vineyard acquisitions at Montagnana in 2014 brought the estate to 17 hectares of vines.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Vernaccia di San Gimignano 'Hydra'
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG · Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva 'Ori'
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG · Vernaccia di San Gimignano
San Gimignano Rosso
San Gimignano DOC · Sangiovese and Merlot
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