Cinque Toscana Rosso

Giovanna’s “second wine” is produced from younger vines around the property and supplemented by a parcel of Sangiovese she rents in the nearby commune of Villa a Sesta, just six kilometers from Castelnuovo Berardenga. The wine’s name references several numerological coincidences: the five grape varieties of the estate (Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Colorino, Mammolo, Fogliotonda), the five leaves and flowers per bunch of a grapevine, and the winery’s home address. Aged for one year in Slavonian oak casks varying in capacity from 500 liters to 30 hectoliters, Cinque is simpler and more fruit-driven than Giovanna’s two longer-aged wines, but it nonetheless bears a profound soil imprint and will age effortlessly for years.