Banville Wine Merchants Import Portfolio Winter 2023 - Flipbook - Page 48
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Pier
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O
Luigi
Castelnuovo
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Tolaini
di
left
his
Garfagnana
home
for
in
North
America at 19 years of age, he dreamed
that he would make his fortune and then
return to Italy, buy land and settle down.
His
energy
saw
him
passion
build
logistics
North
and
a
company
America’s
for
excellence
transportation
that
best.
ranks
But
it
and
among
was
to
be
almost half a century before he returned
to his roots to make great wine.
Pier
Luigi’s
Tuscan
four-year
vineyard
Classico,
to
properties
Giovanni
brought
the
Castelnuovo
Berardenga,
at
where
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Over the past 22 years Pier Luigi worked
diligently to build Tolaini into the great
success it is today, and his daughter was at
his side all along the way. Today Pier Luigi’s
daughter, Lia Tolaini Banville, continues his
dream at Tolaini of making top Tuscan
wines honoring the distinctive terroir of
Castelnuovo Berardenga. Pier Luigi had a
great passion for Super Tuscans and
focused on international varieties. It was
Lia’s idea to invest more in Sangiovese,
Tuscany’s native varietal that is well suited
to the unique terroir in the Chianti Classico
area specifically.
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