Reviving an ancient tradition of heroic winemaking on an island where man and nature have long lived in harmony, Tenuta Isola nel Giglio pays homage to a rugged terroir, a proud Mediterranean culture and the noble Ansonica grape to create a wine that pours all of Giglio’s wild beauty into the glass.
GRAPES
In a charmed corner of an unspoiled isle lies a vineyard whose terraced rows are supported by ancient drystone walls.
Here, warmed by the sun’s rays, cooled by sea breezes and in natural symbiosis with the wild Mediterranean flora all around, Giglio’s traditional white Ansonica grape reaches one its most exalted expressions: Scoglio Nero.
DISCOVER SCOGLIO NERO
ISLAND
GIGLIO:
ESSENCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
A mountain of granite rising from a crystalline sea, Giglio is an unspoiled island environment with a long history of wine cultivation. For millennia, working by hand with patience and respect, the islanders have coaxed wines of stature from their island’s rocky terrain.
A mountain of granite rising from a crystalline sea, Giglio is a natural paradise with a long history of wine cultivation. For millennia, defying pirate raids and the indifference of distant feudal overlords, working by hand with patience and respect, the islanders have coaxed wines of stature from their island’s rocky terrain.
TERROIR
TAMING THE
BLACK CLIFF
On a rocky island where steep cliffs have been tamed into terraces over centuries, where scarce rainwater has long been conserved and channeled so as not to waste a drop, this is a story of heroic, sustainable winemaking against all the odds.
