The wine was named "Perbruno" in honor of Paolo's father, Bruno, who passed away when the Syrah was harvested for the first time in September 2000. The message on the label is "This feather will not fall." First VIN in 1997. Aged in 300L French barrels for 12 months. Aged in bottle for 6 months. Giusti e Zanza is a cantina that is pursuing the possibilities of new Tuscan wine in a completely new region to compete with existing famous wine regions such as Chianti, Montalcino, and Bolgheri. Fauglia, located in the northwest of Tuscany, near Livorno and Pisa, is located on the left bank of the Arno River and has a climate similar to that of Bordeaux's Médoc. In 1995, Paolo Giusti purchased an old cantina with a 35-hectare site. The winery is run by three people: owner Paolo Giusti, a former architect; Monica Massoni, who has been helping Paolo for about 10 years; and enologist Paola Carella, who joined the company in 2009. They are always working closely with the vineyards and the grapes to make the wine.
Currently, grapes are cultivated on 17 hectares, and all fully ripe grapes are harvested by hand. The soil is a mixture of sand, limestone, and clay, and the outstanding drainage is the key point for this cantina to produce high quality wine. Fermentation is carried out in cement tanks that are not temperature-controlled in order to maintain natural conditions, and takes place for 18 to 21 days. In addition, the grape seeds are removed during fermentation to reduce the bitterness of the wine, and other unique ingenuity is used. Most of the aging is done in barrels from France. Currently, the wines are featured on the wine lists of many top restaurants and have been highly praised by various wine journalists and wine magazines. Dulcamara, Belcore, Nemorino, and Adine are named after the central characters in Gaetano Donizetti's opera "The Elixir of Love." The wine labels were designed by the late Ettore Sottsass, a master of Italian industrial design.
The 2015 vintage was certified organic.
(Except Nemorino Bianco, EU organic certified, Suolo e Salute)