Salcheto
Montepulciano · Siena (SI)
Established
1984
Michele Manelli (modern era)
Yearly production
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~400,000 bottles/year
Location
Montepulciano, Siena (SI), Tuscany
Siena (SI)
Vineyard area
60 ha
estate
Appellations
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCGRosso di Montepulciano DOC
History
Founded in 1984 as a mixed multi-crop farm in Montepulciano.
Michele Manelli, from a background in economic policy and international taxation, discovered Montepulciano in 1994 and in 1997 purchased the historic Salco vineyard, reorienting the estate wholly to Vino Nobile.
Organically farmed since the late 1990s and fully certified organic and biodynamic from 2009.
In 2011 inaugurated what it describes as Italy's first completely off-grid, energy self-sufficient winery, using gravity flow, photovoltaics, geothermal and biomass heating and a green living wall.
Claims to be the first company in the world to certify the carbon footprint of a bottle of wine.
Wines
Illustrative selectionVino Nobile di Montepulciano 'Salco'
The estate's flagship, from the historic Salco vineyard.
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Rosso di Montepulciano
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