Di Costanzo

California
USA
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Di Costanzo

California
USA
USA
PRODUCER
Massimo di Costanzo
ESTABLISHED
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
REGION
California
USA
CITY / VILLAGE
CLIMATE
Maritime
ELEVATION
SIZE

About

Massimo di Costanzo is part of the new generation of Napa winemakers crafting balanced, elegant wines that evoke an earlier, “classic” era in California winemaking. Di Costanzo, born and raised in the Bay Area, spent his childhood summers in Florence and Positano, Italy, visiting grandparents, family, and developing a deep understanding for the connection between a place and its culinary and viticultural traditions. After graduating from UC Davis, Massimo worked under influential winemakers in Tuscany, Stellenbosch, Mendoza, and Napa. In 2006 he returned to Napa as the day to day winemaker for Screaming Eagle for the 2006 and 2007 vintages. It was here, under the guidance of Andy Erickson, that Massimo began to articulate his own winemaking vision, both philosophically and in the wine. The goal is to make wines with a timeless, ageworthy style that value transparency, terroir, and elegance over sheer force and concentration. His approach emphasizes the purity of fruit by limiting manipulation throughout every phase of the winemaking process: harvesting at moderate brix levels, fermentation in small stainless steel vats, aging in mostly used French oak, and bottling without fining or filtration.

Products

Cabernet Sauvignon 'Farella Vineyard' Napa Valley

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Cabernet Sauvignon
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
DETAILS

Organic. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Sourced entirely from the Farella Vineyard in the Coombsville AVA, tucked into the southeastern corner where proximity to the San Francisco Bay ensures that cooling breezes preserve the freshness and acidity in the grapes. Soils are red gravelly loam on a base of volcanic ash. Di Constanzo emphasizes purity of fruit by limiting manipulation from the time the grapes are brought in, through fermentation, and during elevage. Fermentation takes place in small stainless vats and elevage in a mixture of new and old French Oak barriques for 22 months prior to bottling, without fining or filtration and minimal sulfur. 370 cs produced.

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Cabernet Sauvignon 'DI CO' Napa Valley

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Cabernet Sauvignon
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
DETAILS

Sustainable. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from 35 year old vines from one hillside vineyard located in the Oak Knoll AVA at the base of Mt. Veeder at an altitude of 500 feet. Sedimentary soils of weathered sandstone and shale. Fermented for 21 days on the skins then pressed down to barrels (30% new French barrels) for 22 months. 549 cases produced.

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Cabernet Sauvignon 'Montecillo Vineyard' Moon Mountain

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Cabernet Sauvignon
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
DETAILS

Organic. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. The Montecillo Vineyard is a jewel; a dry-farmed, west-facing, rocky site at over 1,700 feet in elevation, planted in 1968, near the mountain ridgeline dividing Napa and Sonoma counties. Soil: Rhyolitic tuff over volcanic ash loam. Fermentation takes place in small stainless vats and elevage in 33% new French Oak barriques for 22 months, without fining or filtration and minimal sulfur. 130 cs produced.

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Cabernet Sauvignon 'Caldwell Vineyard' Coombsville

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Cabernet Sauvignon
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
DETAILS

Sustainable. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Caldwell Vineyard is 65 acres located in the Coombsville AVA and was planted in 1984. Aiken Soil Series with mineral-rich volcanic ash and well-drained rhyolitic tuff. Elevation: 300-600 feet. Di Constanzo emphasizes purity of fruit by limiting manipulation from the time the grapes are brought in, through fermentation, and during elevage. Fermentation takes place in small stainless vats and elevage in a mixture of new and old French Oak barriques (60% new French barrels) for 22 months prior to bottling, without fining or filtration and minimal sulfur. 115 cs produced.

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Chardonnay 'DI CO' Deering Vineyard Moon Mountain

TYPE
Still / White
VARIETAL
Chardonnay
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
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Pinot Noir 'Costa' Bentrock Vyd Sta. Rita Hills

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Pinot Noir
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
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Cabernet Sauvignon 'Charlie Smith Vineyard' Moon Mountain

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Cabernet Sauvignon
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic, Sustainable
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