Castello Pomino

The castle at Pomino was constructed in 1500, and the wines produced from this estate have been garnering acclaim for centuries. In 1716, when the Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici issued a notice recognizing the quality of the wines of four territories in Tuscany, he listed Pomino alongside Chianti, Carmignano and the Val d’Arno di Sopra. This proclamation is widely considered a very early step on the way to the modern DOC system.

The modern history of the estate began in the mid-1880s, when Leonia degli Abizzi, the Burgundy-born wife of Angiolo Frescobaldi built a gravity-fed winery and began growing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at altitude – vineyards can rise as high as 700 meters above sea level.