Marchesi Antinori - Castello della Sala

A fortress built in 1350 for Angelo Monaldeschi della Vipera, Castello della Sala sprawls across 600 hectares in Umbria, with 229 planted to vine. Elevation ranges from 220 to 470 meters. Renzo Cotarella arrived in spring 1979 at 25. Cervaro della Sala, first produced in 1985, was among the first Italian wines to undergo malolactic fermentation and aging in French oak barriques. The aging cellar, a 16th-century chamber beneath the castle fortress, holds Cervaro della Sala and Pinot Nero della Sala in their barriques. The portfolio includes San Giovanni della Sala, classified as Orvieto DOC Classico Superiore, alongside Cervaro della Sala, Pinot Nero della Sala, Bramìto della Sala, Conte della Vipera, and Muffato della Sala, all Umbria IGT.