{"id":100443,"date":"2025-12-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winemag.it\/villa-capezzana-1925-100-years-of-carmignano-in-the-glass\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:20:09","slug":"villa-capezzana-1925-100-years-of-carmignano-in-the-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemag.it\/en\/villa-capezzana-1925-100-years-of-carmignano-in-the-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa Capezzana 1925: 100 years of Carmignano in the glass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-ai-summarize yoast-ai-summarize\"><h6>IN BREVE<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list yoast-ai-summarize-list\">\n<li>The Carmignano 1925 from Tenuta Capezzana is a symbol of quality and winemaking tradition in Tuscany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Contini Bonacossi family has managed Capezzana since 1926, maintaining a deep connection with the Carmignano territory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capezzana is among the oldest wineries in Italy, with a history spanning over 1,200 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carmignano DOCG wine reflects centuries of excellence but remains somewhat in the shadows compared to other Tuscan denominations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upon tasting, the Carmignano 1925 continues to demonstrate its longevity and quality, embodying a winemaking tradition in constant motion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\r\n<div class=\"align wp-block-bssb-social-share\" id=\"bssbSocialShare-1\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;socials&quot;:[{&quot;networkType&quot;:&quot;socialNetworks&quot;,&quot;network&quot;:&quot;facebook&quot;,&quot;isUpIcon&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;fab fa-facebook-f&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#1877f2&quot;},&quot;upIcon&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:null,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}},{&quot;networkType&quot;:&quot;socialNetworks&quot;,&quot;network&quot;:&quot;linkedin&quot;,&quot;isUpIcon&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;fab fa-linkedin-in&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#0a66c2&quot;},&quot;upIcon&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:null,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}},{&quot;networkType&quot;:&quot;mobileMessenger&quot;,&quot;network&quot;:&quot;whatsapp&quot;,&quot;isUpIcon&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;fab fa-whatsapp&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#25d366&quot;},&quot;upIcon&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:null,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}}],&quot;align&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alignment&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;background&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#0000&quot;},&quot;size&quot;:&quot;28px&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;14px&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;border&quot;:{&quot;radius&quot;:&quot;50%&quot;},&quot;shadow&quot;:[],&quot;direction&quot;:&quot;row&quot;}\">\r\n\t<div class=\"bssbStyle\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<ul class=\"bssbSocialShare\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"icon icon-0\" data-social=\"facebook\" \t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"icon icon-1\" data-social=\"linkedin\" \t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"icon icon-2\" data-social=\"whatsapp\" \t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it had human form, the <strong>Carmignano 1925<\/strong> from <strong>Tenuta Capezzana<\/strong> would be a witty old man. Still lively and talkative. Ready to fight for what he believes in. Body and soul. He would always dress elegantly. A garnet-orange tie. He would engage without frills in yet another passionate discussion about life. In front of an enthralled audience. Admiring and sighing. After every syllable.         <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Capezzana&#8217;s Carmignano 1925 is not human. Rather, a Martian wine. It doesn&#8217;t speak. Yet it is heard perfectly. It is classical music. An adagio. In an early twentieth-century ballroom. <strong>A testimony. Liquid, sonorous<\/strong>. It would have gladly remained closed for at least another decade in that dark green glass room, with its curious shape. A bit Burgundian, a bit like a large flask.        <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-1eb5f4d6\"><h5 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong>A PROMISE KEPT<\/strong><\/h5><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>We guarantee that this bottle contains Capezzana wine from the 1925 vintage<\/strong>,\u201d reads the yellowed label, bearing the weight of a promise kept. A calling card. A manifesto of integrity for a land and an entire family. A handshake between men of honor. Prominently displayed is the signature of <strong>Alessandro Contini Bonacossi<\/strong>. A commitment, a guarantee of a bright and uninterrupted future in wine production. From generation to generation, until today.      <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1926, Capezzana has been owned by the Contini Bonacossi family. A year earlier, in 1925, the first vintage of Villa di Capezzana was born\u2014a label still in the cellar\u2014traditionally composed of <strong>80% Sangiovese and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon<\/strong>. It was recently the star of a vertical tasting that felt more like a journey through time, to celebrate 100 years since its creation.  <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-8e6b794d\"><h5 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">VILLA CAPEZZANA: <strong>VINTAGES THAT DEFY TIME<\/strong><\/h5><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wine, the <strong>1925<\/strong> harvest, still alive and well. Capable of going beyond the emotion of tasting such a historic vintage, thanks to a disarming technical precision that seems almost an oxymoron when comparing early twentieth-century technology with today&#8217;s. Extremely clean and delicious, as well as fresh and full of life, are also the <strong>1995 and 1983<\/strong> vintages, superior to the <strong>1979<\/strong>. The <strong>2005<\/strong> also performed well among the old vintages presented in the glass.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wines that still have a raison d&#8217;\u00eatre thanks to a meticulous approach that has never changed, from the vineyard to the cellar. For the first leap in quality at Tenuta Capezzana, one must wait until the 1960s. <strong>Ugo Contini Bonacossi<\/strong> began the transformation of the estate during that era, moving from sharecropping to a modern model open to foreign markets, supported by his children. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the fifth generation of the family carries forward the management of the company, guardians of the memory and history of a Tuscan territory <strong>still in the shadows compared to &#8220;big&#8221; names like Montalcino, Chianti Classico, and Montepulciano<\/strong>: Carmignano, in the province of Prato, 25 kilometers from Florence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-uagb-image-gallery uagb-block-1a70cd0b     \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery spectra-image-gallery__layout--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-slick-carousel uagb-block-1a70cd0b\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption--overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\tVilla Capezzana 1925 100 years of Carmignano in the glass historical vertical tasting docg tuscany\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper\" data-spectra-gallery-image-id=\"95549\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" 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origin. Differences of opinion within the family have always yielded to a stronger bond: the <strong>indissoluble connection with Carmignano<\/strong>, the beating heart of this microcosm. As Ugo Contini Bonacossi always said: \u201c<strong>Tradition is not a statue, still and motionless, but a ship in constant motion<\/strong>.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capezzana is <strong>among the oldest wineries in Italy<\/strong>, with a production tradition in Carmignano exceeding 1,200 years. A lease agreement preserved at the <strong>State Archives of Florence<\/strong>, dated 804 AD, already mentions vineyards and olive groves cultivated on the estate. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-3aae97cd\"><h5 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong><strong>THE VALUE OF CARMIGNANO IN THE MIDDLE AGES<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evidence suggests that the hills of Carmignano were suited for <strong>viticulture well before the Middle Ages<\/strong>. Archaeological finds of tools used by the Etruscans for wine production and storage indicate an ancient continuity in the vocation for the vine. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 14th century, Carmignano wines were already prized in trade. The <strong>merchant Francesco di Marco Datini<\/strong>, among the most influential figures of the time, wrote of Carmignano wines, considering them so precious they could be used as a form of payment. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-fc3eecb5\"><h5 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong>THE MEDICI ERA AND THE BARCO REALE<\/strong><\/h5><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Medici era marked another turning point for Carmignano and Capezzana. In 1626, <strong>Grand Duke Ferdinand II de&#8217; Medici<\/strong> established a large hunting reserve in the Montalbano area, delimited by the imposing fifty-kilometer-long wall of the Barco Reale. The Capezzana vineyards were located within this protected land.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Barco Reale<\/strong> not only protected the wildlife but also preserved the landscape itself, safeguarding forests, vegetation, and agricultural land from urban expansion for centuries. This isolation allowed the territory to maintain a <strong>unique ecological balance<\/strong>, favoring high-quality viticulture. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-74216db7\"><h5 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong>CARMIGNANO DOCG<\/strong><\/h5><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recognition of Carmignano&#8217;s excellence thus reached the highest levels. In 1773, <strong>Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Lorraine<\/strong> cited Carmignano wine as a quality benchmark in his <strong>Reports on the Government of Tuscany<\/strong>. Its reputation was such that the wine was used as a parameter to evaluate the production of other Tuscan wine regions. The <strong>DOCG status of Carmignano<\/strong> today reflects this centuries-old prestige.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its official recognition dates back to 1716, when the Grand Duke of Tuscany issued a decree delimiting four wine zones in the Grand Duchy\u2014including Carmignano. It is one of the oldest documented denominations in Italian wine history. Today it has <strong>280 claimable hectares<\/strong>, with an annual production of about <strong>600,000 bottles of Carmignano DOCG<\/strong>. Even those who do not yet know these wines can be certain of one thing above all: their longevity. Just ask that elegant old man, still in great shape. Born in 1925.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it had human form, the Carmignano 1925 from Tenuta Capezzana would be a witty old man. Still lively and talkative. Ready to fight for what he believes in. Body and soul. He would always dress elegantly. A garnet-orange tie. He would engage without frills in yet another passionate discussion about life. 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